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- The Journey Begins
- i am mary
- i am Gordon cook
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- The First Leg Of The Journey
- i am Swiss Herb Seigler
- Welcome to my boat WAVEWALKER
- I Am larry vigil
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- First Sign of implementing disaster
- despite of horribe weather we enjoyed christmas
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- In July 1976 my wife mary , son jonathan 6 , daughter suzanne 7, sail to Plymouth , England to duplicate the round the world voyage made200 years earlier by Captain James Cook
- The Horrible Nightmare
- we need to get through this
- yes!!
- On January 2 , the waves were gigantic , at 6 pm tremendous explosion shock the deck and powerful flow of water broke over . Wave walker was getting sunk and i was badly injured , I kept courage and found the wheel and lind up the stern for the next wave .
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- The first leg of the journey passed pleasantly as we sailed down the West Coast of Africa to Cape Town . Before heading East , we took on two crewmen - American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler to help us tackle the world 's roughest sea .
- The crucial days for the family
- yes , i am alright
- are you alright suzanne?
- we're not afraid to die ..... if we are together
- The crewmen started pumping out water and settled to make necessary repairs to save the boat from sinking . meanwhile we I went to sue and Jonathan they both are so brave that Jonathan told me that we are not afraid to die if we are together . Jonathan courage and sue bravery instead of her bumped head injured inspired me to fight the sea and protect the family.
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- we faced encountered strong wind on second day of Cape town and it continued for few weeks .The size of waves were alarming up to 15 metres . On December 25 despite of astrocious weather , we had a wonderful holiday complete with a christmas tree .
- The ray of hope
- Finally we reached at ILE AMSTERDAM
- After 36 hours of continuous pumping there was only few water left . we hoisted the storm jib and headed in the direction of two island . on January 6 we saw wave walker ride out storm and wind eased . we expected to see the island at 5 pm but we wake up at 6 pm and thought they missed the island but we were wrong and finally we touched the shore ofILE AMSTERDAM .
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