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At the bottom of the world
Rescue under way as Long Beach-launched bid to circle globe fails.
By Tomio Geron, Staff writer
Article Launched: 01/03/2007 10:53:14 PM PST
Ken Barnes (Courtesy photo)
LONG BEACH - A Newport Beach man who set sail from Long Beach for a solo trip around the world was in distress 500 miles off the coast of Chile and awaiting rescue, authorities said Wednesday.
Ken Barnes, 47, left Long Beach on Oct. 28 in a 44-foot ketch named Privateer that was built in Gozo, Malta.
The boat was disabled in a storm and has a broken mast, no steering or power and a hatch that's broken and leaking, according to information the family posted on his Web site.
Barnes set off his emergency position-indicating radio beacon Tuesday, notifying the United States Coast Guard by satellite that he was in trouble, said Petty Officer Prentice Danner of the Coast Guard.
"We got a report that his sailboat was demasted and lost power," Danner said. "We've turned it over to the Chilean navy. They've responded and we're monitoring it."
He called his girlfriend Cathy Chambers by satellite phone Wednesday evening and said that a Chilean aircraft spotted him, she said.
Here's the whole story:
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4946343
The Skipper's web site: http://www.kensolo.com/
Rescue under way as Long Beach-launched bid to circle globe fails.
By Tomio Geron, Staff writer
Article Launched: 01/03/2007 10:53:14 PM PST
Ken Barnes (Courtesy photo)
LONG BEACH - A Newport Beach man who set sail from Long Beach for a solo trip around the world was in distress 500 miles off the coast of Chile and awaiting rescue, authorities said Wednesday.
Ken Barnes, 47, left Long Beach on Oct. 28 in a 44-foot ketch named Privateer that was built in Gozo, Malta.
The boat was disabled in a storm and has a broken mast, no steering or power and a hatch that's broken and leaking, according to information the family posted on his Web site.
Barnes set off his emergency position-indicating radio beacon Tuesday, notifying the United States Coast Guard by satellite that he was in trouble, said Petty Officer Prentice Danner of the Coast Guard.
"We got a report that his sailboat was demasted and lost power," Danner said. "We've turned it over to the Chilean navy. They've responded and we're monitoring it."
He called his girlfriend Cathy Chambers by satellite phone Wednesday evening and said that a Chilean aircraft spotted him, she said.
Here's the whole story:
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4946343
The Skipper's web site: http://www.kensolo.com/
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