Guest Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Found this on Lat 38, anyone know any more? Kattywampus Lost on South Pacific Reef April 14, 2010 – Doubtless Bay, New Zealand We're sorry to report that the Port Townsend, WA-based Golden Wave 42 Kattywompus was lost earlier this week when she struck a reef on the North Island of New Zealand. According to an emailed alert from South Pacific cruiser Bob Bechler of the Seattle-based Gulfstar 44 Sisiutl, "Brad Nelson and Linda Attaway were coming into Doubtless Bay across from the town of Manganoui when they hit a reef and lost Kattywompus. They were able to deploy the liferaft and both are OK." Local observers were apparently helping them ashore as a Coast Guard helicopter arrived in response to their EPIRB. "The water came in so fast that they didn't even get to grab their ditch bag," says Bechler. "They report that they have nothing at this point, but are being well looked after by the locals." - latitude / at Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Hadn't seen/heard anything in the local media. She's a bit wide open bay, although not without things to hit and perhaps deceptively wide if you are a bit trip-weary and looking forward to a rest. Should be plenty of help available if salvage (boat or just gear) is an objective. Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 The Albert reef is hard to spot, even in daylight with a local navigator on board during this years New Year Day's race. It was the windward mark. Fair Way reef futher in would be tricky at night, especially without large scale charts and poor visability. I think it was raining or drizzle in the far north yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Either Albert or Fairways reef took out a fishing boat a couple of years ago, It sat there until the next storm arrived and was washed off and sank. Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Any updates on this? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 I spoke to a local last week , apparently it still on the reef, locals have been busy cleaning it out of any usable gear! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Is Alberts Reef the one furthest out to sea with the mark? (Got no charts here). Spent summer holiday up there this year. Nice part of NZ.. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Is Alberts Reef the one furthest out to sea with the mark? Yes - the image I posted above enlarges if you click on the little magnifying glass icon but not really enough to make the labels readable - I reduced the file size quite a lot. (Got no charts here). This should ease your pain and get your online time up to 20+ hours per day http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/charts/nz ... index.aspx Now you've got 'em all! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 This should ease your pain and get your online time up to 20+ hours per day I'm not always at the computer!! I do do some work, sometimes, but I leave it on. Once you lose the network it can be hard to get it back..... Thanks for the link Murky!! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 OK. Know it now. We did some fishing out there. Spooky rock. Comes straight up from 40 metres. It IS lit and marked though.. Wouldn't like to hit it. Big swell even on calm days.. The chart is brilliant!! Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Any news on this? Did the crew get all their gear off? Any salvage attempts? Cheers, Smithy. Link to post Share on other sites
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