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Child recovery expert thinks missing yachtie Alan Langdon is headed for Oz with daughter Que

 

he told the Herald today that he thinks Langdon has already made a dash for Australia, where he says Langdon has taken Que before.

 

"He's announced to many people, friends, family, that this boat will make it to Australia and back 10 times, no problem," Chapman said.


 


"Some people say the boat was heavily stocked to the gunnels with no room left ... and stores for over 30 days.


 


"It would be a challenging trip, and one I wouldn't do, and one many people wouldn't do. But someone with Alan's skills, could easily do it."


 


He estimates the crossing of the Tasman Sea in that vessel, which travels at about six knots, would take at least 30 days.


 


Calculating tides and winds, and depending on Langdon's tacking, the boat would currently be between 400 to 700 nautical miles off the New Zealand coast, he says.


 


 it's not the first time that Langdon has gone on the run.


 


In March last year the Langdon family of three - Langdon, Que and Wyler - was in Port Vila, Vanuatu, when Cyclone Pam struck.


 


The category 5 severe tropical storm battered the island, claiming up to 16 lives and sinking at least 20 boats.


 


It sank their 46-foot catamaran Sanyasin and the Langdons were lucky to escape with their lives.


 


After the cyclone, when the Australian and New Zealand air forces were repatriating people, Langdon took off for Australia with Que, Chapman says.


 


Chapman was enlisted by Wyler to find Langdon who kept moving about.


 


He says he eventually tracked him to the New South Wales town of Nimbin where Langdon and Que were living in a campervan on a large farm.


 


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Nice one so the vessel travels at 6 knots and would take 30 days to cross the Tasman?

Lets see at six knots 144 mile days x 30 makes the Tasman crossing 4320 miles, must be getting the Tasman mixed up with the Pacific.

 

 

What a load of sh*t, the Herald up to it's usual standard.

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Bollox - the guy seems too smart to think he could bunk off quietly to Aussie in a wharram.

 

The best/ most legit I heard was that he left kawhia but entered port Waikato or the Manakau and then tbey flew out on false passports from AUCK!

 

But the I also think it equally likely that they're still out enjoying the summer without the interference of arseholes line us!

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Nice one so the vessel travels at 6 knots and would take 30 days to cross the Tasman?

Lets see at six knots 144 mile days x 30 makes the Tasman crossing 4320 miles, must be getting the Tasman mixed up with the Pacific.

 

 

What a load of sh*t, the Herald up to it's usual standard.

 

Bear in mind it's a wharram. Windward stuff isn't their forte'. Plus if he's basically single handed I'd guess they'd be taking it slow, lets say 70-80 miles covered in daylight, then hove-to overnight, which in the Westerly winds we've seen lately probably equates to 40 or 50 miles in the right direction. 

 

Google says at 44 miles vmg/day it will take 30 days to reach Sydney from Kawhia.

 

So I'd say it's probably not a bad estimate.

 

Don't forget it was the investigator who made the estimate, not the herald.

 

My feeling is he's probably just ducked into one of the many inlets up the coast and is either enjoying the break, or skipped the country by another means. Perhaps rendezvous'd with a friend's bigger yacht and sailed off into the sunset after pulling the bungs out of the Wharram.

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Doesn't matter how good he is as a sailor it's up to the boat , can it stay afloat , was it lashed together like the warrams. Cats are , can it handle 40 kts on the nose in 4 mtr swell an still sail , a lot of factors to weigh up stupid move on all accounts

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Didn't a sistership do a circumnavigation?

 

 

Yep, found it

 

In 1991-97 Rory McDougall sailed his self-built Tiki 21 'Cooking Fat' around the world, sometimes alone, sometimes with a companion. She was, and still is, the smallest catamaran to have circumnavigated. In 2010 Rory entered 'Cooking Fat' in the Jester Challenge (single handed 'race' across the Atlantic for small boats - under 30ft) and came into Newport, Rhode Island a close second after 34 days.

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an excellent effort!

 

but presumably the easy route following, gentle, trade wind route

 

across the tasman the wrong way likely to be testing 

 

and with his 8 yo?

 

Actually if he left when there is a high in the Tasman (as often happens this time of year) it could be a good trip.

I don't think it's probable but definitely possible.

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Missing yachtie Alan Langdon and his daughter Que could be landing in Australia as early as today, said a top child recovery expert.


 


Without the appropriate safety gear like no back up outboard motor and emergency locator beacon, Chapman is worried for the pair's safety. He said the police's description of Langdon as "foolhardy" is accurate.


 


"He has greater confidence in his sailing skills than [is]warranted."


 


Chapman claimed Langdon told Ariane and Que to stay onboard their yacht when they were moored in Port Villa Harbour while the 2014 category 5 Vanuatu cyclone hit.


 


This is despite advice to leave the boat and find safety onshore.


 


"Within a couple of hours their catamaran was destroyed on the rocks with them on board.


 


They were taken to hospital with serious injuries."That's the kind of person who Alan is."


 


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11778045


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Child recovery expert Col Chapman earlier spoke to the Herald, claiming he's been informed through a leak from official sources the pair had been found alive in Australia.


Chapman was hired by the girl's mother, Ariane Wyler.


"We got them. Just landed in Australia," he said via text.


A member of the public tipped Child Recovery Australia off after seeing a poster the organisation had distributed.


 


ulladulla's a pretty small fishing town, much like kawhia 


 


https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Ulladulla+NSW+2539,+Australia/@-35.3560553,150.31772,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b145095d6602661:0x40609b490441030!8m2!3d-35.3572426!4d150.4613249?hl=en-GB


 


obviously not small enough to avoid the wanted posters + internet


 


wonder if he was carrying passports, completed entry requirements?


 


wonder if leaving without cat 1 will catch up with him?


 


he wouldn't want to be sent off to naru and chucked in a cell with the other kiwis


 


so am thinking they'll try to get him to agree to give up the boat, fly back quickly 


 


and deal with him here


 


doubt he'll be seeing much of his daughter unaccompanied from now on


 


story updating all the time


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doubt he'll be seeing much of his daughter unaccompanied from now on

 

story updating all the time

 

He will most likely never see his daughter again.. Not least until she can make her own decisions.

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