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06/01/2009 1500 UTC
Full Name : Capt. Walter Robertson
Street Address :
Street Address2 :
Home Town : Stockholm,
ZipCode :
Home_Country : Sweden
Work_Phone_Number :
Home_Phone_Number : +46704744137
Email_Address : slush@comhem.se
MessageType : Lost_or_Overdue
Vessel_Name : LILLY OH-LA-LAH
Vessel_Description: Description: the Lilly-oh-la-lah, 40’ Gaff Ketch, wooden
spars, white hull with green stripe along the hull shearline, possibly New Jersey
Reg Number painted in white on
the green stripe, could be under American or British flag, crew/owner Kenny
Jackson of Guernsey, Channel Islands and with black cat answering to the name
“Buddy”. Yacht is equipped with VHF.
Communications : marine VHF
Itinerary : Bound for Nassau Bahamas leftCharleston SC on 23 March
2009 shich is date of last contact
Persons_on_board : Kenny Jackson, of Guernsey Channel Islands 45 male
ship cat black male ? answers to the name "Buddy"
Reason : long over due at destination Nassau Bahamas vessel hasn't been
heard from since 23 March from Charleston SC
Comments : MISSING 40’ GAFF KETCH THE “LILLY-OH-LA-LAH”
To All yachts in the Bahamas, T&C, Dominican Republic, Virgins :
Has any one seen, heard or know anything about the yacht and crew of The Lilly-oh-la-lah
and can anybody please put me in touch with the yacht BADERIO and or WINDSTAR 4 cruising
in those waters.
Description: the Lilly-oh-la-lah, 40’ Gaff Ketch, wooden spars, white hull with green stripe
along the hull shearline, possibly New Jersey Reg Number painted in white on
the green stripe, could be under American or British flag, crew/owner Kenny
Jackson of Guernsey, Channel Islands and with black cat answering to the name
“Buddy”. Yacht is equipped with VHF.
Kenny has uncharacteristically not been in contact with family or friends since leaving
Charleston SC single-handed with cat on March 23, 2009 bound for Nassau Bahamas islands.
It is not certain that they made a successful land fall in the Bahamas.
Lack of contact has us quite concerned.
Inquiries were made to the Bahamian authorities which produced possible
unconfirmed visual sighting (s) by the yacht BADERIO and WINDSTAR 4
around the time of a presumptive landfall April 1 and a few days later. No record of
check in. This sighting information is quite tenuous and may well be in error due to its
third party nature and other factors.
Any information that puts us in touch with BADERIO or WINDSTAR 4 or provides us
with a solid indication that the Lilly-oh-la-lah made landfall would be appreciated beyond
measure by his family and friends who are quite worried, considering the amount of time
passed with no contact.
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02/09/2009 1600 UTC
From: rccaus@amsa.gov.au [mailto:rccaus@amsa.gov.au]
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:34 PM
Subject: CQ 2009/695
Importance: Low
P 090532Z FEB 2009
FM RCC AUSTRALIA
TO HQJOC
RCC AUSTRALIA/VIC
COASTWATCH (AMSOC) CANBERRA
JCC METOPS
AUSFLTOPS
WA POLICE WATER POLICE FREMANTLE
COCOS RADIO
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
AFP POLICE COCOS ISLAND
AFP POLICE CHRISTMAS ISLAND
HARBOUR MASTER CHRISTMAS ISLAND
INDONESIAN BASARNAS JAKARTA
INDONESIAN BASARNAS JAKARTA
INDONESIAN BASARNAS JAKARTA
IOR
POR
SAILMAIL
HAM INTERNATIONAL BOAT WATCH NETWORK
SAILMAIL
BT
UNCLAS
SIC ICA
SUBJ: ALL SHIPS SAFETY MESSAGE
AUSSAR 2009/695
1. VIC PLEASE ACTIVATE DSC AND TRANSMIT FOLLOWING ALL SHIPS SAFETY
BROADCAST ON RECEIPT AND 12 HOURLY UFN TO AREA:
NW CORNER LAT 7S
NW CORNER LONG 88E
EXTENT OF LAT SOUTH 27.
EXTENT OF LONG EAST 27.
2. INDONESIAN BASARNAS JAKARTA ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT CUSTOMS CHECKS TO
CONFIRM IF VESSEL IN INDONESIAN PORT.
3. POLICE SAR COORDINATOR PLEASE ONPASS DETAILS TO VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE
BASES, PORT AUTHORITIES AND FISHING COMPANIES IN AREA ADJACENT TO INCIDENT
LOCATION. PORT CHECKS ARE ALSO REQUESTED.
4. FLWG IS TEXT OF ALL SHIPS SAFETY MSG:
/BEGINTEXT
SECURITE
FM RCC AUSTRALIA 090532Z FEB 2009 AUSSAR 2009/695
AUSTRALASIA AND ADJACENT WATERS CHART AUS4060
1. CONCERN EXISTS FOR THE SAFETY OF AUSTRALIAN YACHT JARLEM/VJQ9255 WITH 2
POB ON VOYAGE FROM SRI LANKA TO FREMANTLE. LAST KNOWN POSITION WAS 07 05S
089 05E AT 100400UTC JAN 09. YACHT REPORTED DAMAGED AND MAY DIVERT TO OTHER
PORT. YACHT IS FITTED WITH HF AND VHF COMMUNICATIONS ONBOARD. VESSELS
TRANISITNG AREA ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH
THIS YACHT TO THIS STATION OR RCC AUSTRALIA VIA TELEPHONE +61262306811
INMARSAT THROUGH LES BURUM (POR 212,IOR 312), SPECIAL ACCESS CODE (SAC) 39,
HF DSC 005030001, EMAIL: rccaus@amsa.gov.au OR BY FAX +61262306868.
NNNN
/ENDTEXT
5. THIS MSG IS ALSO BEING BCAST ON INMARSAT C SAFETYNET.
BT
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01/31/09 1800
Full Name : Lex M bouter
Street Address : Welgelegen 6
Street Address2 :
Home Town : Nieuw Vennep
ZipCode : 2152BH
Home_Country : Netherlands
Work_Phone_Number : +31 20 5985330
Home_Phone_Number : +31 252 621700
Email_Address : lm.bouter@planet.nl
MessageType : Lost_or_Overdue
Vessel_Name : S/V Ultimate
Vessel_Description: Size: 19m long, beam 5.16m, draft 1.75m
Steel hull and superstructure
Colour: hull Grey with dark blue band.
Colour: superstructure grey and white
Cutter rigged: one mast, mainsail, two foresails
Colour of the sails: white
Liferaft: RDF 6 persons
Communications : VHF, call sign: PH3094
Short wave transmitter, call sign: KG6FUZ
Itinerary : From Azores bound for the English Channel.
Last contact via radio e-mail 22 January 2009 around 1500UTC The gist of
the message “After three days running with an average of 7 knots we are
preparing ourselves for a stormy period We are running under third reef
and the fourth reef is ready to be used. Still doing 7 knots.”
Calculated position on basis of this message would be 43N 20W 15.00UTC
22th January.
Last published position (on Winlink.com callsign KG6FUZ):
Course 061T
Speed 7.5
Location 38-47.70N / 028-21.35W HM58TT70
'just started the last leg'
Report received Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:34:00 UTC
Persons_on_board : Two persons on board:
Thecla Franssen, female aged 51
Tom Bouter, male aged 50
Reason : There has been no radio contact since the 22th of
January 2009.
On previous crossings there usually appeared a position message every
third day on Winlink.com.
Expected time of arrival Falmouth Thursday 28th januari 2009 around
noon (very pessimistic estimate, assuming serious troubles underway).
>From the 22th to well in the 27th three vigorous with up to 50 knots
winds passed immediately across the estimated positions of the yacht
on its probable track.
MESSAGE: Please contact lm.bouter@planet.nl or +31 252 621700 or
+31 6 12446822 ASAP.
Comments : The crew is very experienced, but the vessel is
somewhat understaffed, the wheater has been very rough and the sail
are a bit old.
