Fun following the Pacific Puddle Jump
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Cisco
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Ah, so he flew in, yes? 
Where my boat is currently overwintering the outermost part of the marina is a wildlife sanctuary, Islote Pájaros Niños, connected to the mainland by a causewaywhich gives shelter to the marina. Home to a dozen or more bird species including Humbolt Penguins and Peruvian Pelicans. Also lots of very 'confiding' chungungos - the smallest marine mammal in the world. No sea lions, need to go south to Valdivia or north to Antofagasta for them.
Where my boat is currently overwintering the outermost part of the marina is a wildlife sanctuary, Islote Pájaros Niños, connected to the mainland by a causewaywhich gives shelter to the marina. Home to a dozen or more bird species including Humbolt Penguins and Peruvian Pelicans. Also lots of very 'confiding' chungungos - the smallest marine mammal in the world. No sea lions, need to go south to Valdivia or north to Antofagasta for them.
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We stopped and had a great time however not the best way to see it in our opinion. It is cool to get there on your own boat, but having your own boat there is not an advantage unless you have the money and the space to pay for and take a guide with you to the interesting places. Flying there and then taking a small ship cruise seemed like the best way to see it to us. Still glad we stopped in case we don't get back by plane some day, but expect to see much more when we do.
TheDragon
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No tracker for this boat, so not included in the website tracker for the PPJ. Hope they are fine. Some of the comments on the story on Latitude 38 are by Jeanne Socrates who is in Nuku Hiva.
Andy Turpin, of the Pacific Puddle Jump rally, got in touch with us to share an alert for a sailor whose boat has not been heard from since May 13. David Wysopal and his son had signed up with the PPJ rally before heading offshore.
We received a call from JRCC [Joint Rescue Coordination Center] Honolulu regarding concern for a Pacific Puddle Jump rally member who hasn’t reported in their position after regular updates. We forwarded the information to the PPJ organizers, who put out the following message to the fleet: “Organizers of the Pacific Puddle Jump rally, the US Coast Guard’s JRCC (Joint Rescue Command Center), Honolulu, JRCC Tahiti and others are seeking info on the status of American flag vessel Yasukole, a ketch-rigged, 45-ft Island Trader sailboat.”
David and his son aboard Yasukole.
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
Yasukole.
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
“Having departed La Paz, Mexico, in mid-April, the father-and-son crew were sending regular position reports via SPOT transmitter until mid-May. The vessel’s last reported position, on May 13, was near 03*25N 130*46W. (Roughly 900nm from the Marquesas Islands, sailing on a fairly steep angle; 1600nm from Tahiti.)
“The captain is known to be a very experienced seaman, but his boat apparently has no easily trackable equipment, such as AIS, sat phone, Iridium GO!, etc. The skipper registered with the Pacific Puddle Jump rally about a week before his departure, but opted not to participate in the fleet’s free tracking program, facilitated by PredictWind, and did not include PPJ rally organizers in the recipient list for his SPOT reports. The PPJ rally has had no contact from him.”
If anyone has seen this pair since mid-May, please reach out to the people below.
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
“If you have info on this vessel please contact: Andy Turpin, Pacific Puddle Jump via: [email protected], +1 415 272 3654, JRCC Honolulu, [email protected], [email protected], +1 (808) 535-3333; JRCC Tahiti, [email protected], +689 40 54 16 15.”
Please share this information with anyone who may be in the South Pacific right now.
Pacific Puddle Jump Pan Pan
By Andy Turpin | June 7, 2023 | South Pacific | 4Andy Turpin, of the Pacific Puddle Jump rally, got in touch with us to share an alert for a sailor whose boat has not been heard from since May 13. David Wysopal and his son had signed up with the PPJ rally before heading offshore.
We received a call from JRCC [Joint Rescue Coordination Center] Honolulu regarding concern for a Pacific Puddle Jump rally member who hasn’t reported in their position after regular updates. We forwarded the information to the PPJ organizers, who put out the following message to the fleet: “Organizers of the Pacific Puddle Jump rally, the US Coast Guard’s JRCC (Joint Rescue Command Center), Honolulu, JRCC Tahiti and others are seeking info on the status of American flag vessel Yasukole, a ketch-rigged, 45-ft Island Trader sailboat.”
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
“Having departed La Paz, Mexico, in mid-April, the father-and-son crew were sending regular position reports via SPOT transmitter until mid-May. The vessel’s last reported position, on May 13, was near 03*25N 130*46W. (Roughly 900nm from the Marquesas Islands, sailing on a fairly steep angle; 1600nm from Tahiti.)
“The captain is known to be a very experienced seaman, but his boat apparently has no easily trackable equipment, such as AIS, sat phone, Iridium GO!, etc. The skipper registered with the Pacific Puddle Jump rally about a week before his departure, but opted not to participate in the fleet’s free tracking program, facilitated by PredictWind, and did not include PPJ rally organizers in the recipient list for his SPOT reports. The PPJ rally has had no contact from him.”
© 2023 Jeff Boyd
“If you have info on this vessel please contact: Andy Turpin, Pacific Puddle Jump via: [email protected], +1 415 272 3654, JRCC Honolulu, [email protected], [email protected], +1 (808) 535-3333; JRCC Tahiti, [email protected], +689 40 54 16 15.”
Please share this information with anyone who may be in the South Pacific right now.
TheDragon
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Update on Yasukole from Latitude38 is not good. They are 70 days out now and 35 since last heard from. Bizarre aspect is the Coast Guard plane searching for them found a solo rower who appears to have been inadequately prepared and rather optimistic and had bailed to his tiny liferaft with only a poorly powered PLB. He's a very lucky guy. I will note that upon returning from my boat last year, I checked my PLB and found it not working! The company replaced it, but that was not encouraging. I wear it in my life jacket in rough conditions on board, and when kitesurfing, so that was not a happy discovery. I need to instituted a regular monthly checking of its function, along with my EPIRBs.
As for Yasukole, L38 thinks they did have an EPRIB aboard, but given the lack of attention to detail (he did not re-register it in his name, something even a novice like me did with the two I inherited with my boat, so might well not have a functioning battery), I am not optimistic about the chances for this guy and his young son, much like the boat apparently lost off Mexico earlier this season. There are unhappy stories I try not to have my wife hear about. She worries about me solo sailing enough already.
www.latitude38.com
As for Yasukole, L38 thinks they did have an EPRIB aboard, but given the lack of attention to detail (he did not re-register it in his name, something even a novice like me did with the two I inherited with my boat, so might well not have a functioning battery), I am not optimistic about the chances for this guy and his young son, much like the boat apparently lost off Mexico earlier this season. There are unhappy stories I try not to have my wife hear about. She worries about me solo sailing enough already.
June 21, 2023 - Latitude38
www.latitude38.com
MaxDog
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Wow, I sailed by Aaron Carotta somewhere between Panama and Galapagos. It was at night. He had an AIS transponder, so I knew there was a boat in front of me but I had no visual when the VHF crackled to life. "Hey I'm out here in a small rowboat please be alert," he said. We chatted a bit and I did finally see his small running light, but it wasn't much and was often obscured by the seas. I can't imagine attempting such a voyage. Happy that he is safe.
MaxDog
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You didn't miss much, just another beautiful coral atoll. I saw no difference from the Tuamotus.
