20-05-2010, 09:46 PM
I have a friend who is limping into Melbourne (I think) under a jury rigged sail in his ROBERTS 36 named "WATERBIRD". He's solo circumnavigating from St. Maarten, Netherlands Antllies. His name is Daniel Petrasek. Daniel's boat capsized about 900 miles off the Australian shore during a storm in the Roaring Forties last month.
Unlike Jessica Watson, Daniel has no "Official Sponsor", PR man or support. He's a Freelance Travel Photographer and he has some wonderful pictures of his trip. He's been bootstrapping his solo circumnavigation effort for the last two years, stopping in New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and Cape Town, S. Africa to work and provision the boat.
He will probably make it to Australia within a week or two. It would be very nice if the people of Melbourne could extend Daniel a warm welcome when (if) he gets there.
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Unlike Jessica Watson, Daniel has no "Official Sponsor", PR man or support. He's a Freelance Travel Photographer and he has some wonderful pictures of his trip. He's been bootstrapping his solo circumnavigation effort for the last two years, stopping in New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and Cape Town, S. Africa to work and provision the boat.
He will probably make it to Australia within a week or two. It would be very nice if the people of Melbourne could extend Daniel a warm welcome when (if) he gets there.
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