Tuesday, September 3, 2013

I wish for them to have wind in their sails...

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1928 Racing Schooner ~ Niña
Have you ever had something that you were just drawn to do, for no particular reason, you just knew you had to do it... That happened to me around the 28th of June, when a high school class mate, Kim Adair, posted asking for prayers for a missing sailboat...

Most of you know for about the last 90 days or so I have been working with a group of people to find the sailing vessel of a high school acquaintance.  The famous racing schooner, the Niña has been lost in the Tasman sea since the 4th of June, the Captain and crew are as follows... Capt. David Dyche III, his wife, Rosemary, their son, David Dyche IV, Matthew Wootton, Kyle Jackson, Danielle Wright and Evi Nemeth.


I decided to start a Facebook page so people had somewhere to share their stories, some place for supporting the families and each other as friends.  I don't know why... I just did, and I asked another high school acquaintance to assist in managing the page... which by the way, was a great choice.  Many thanks to you, Eugene.

It is really nice and if you go to the early posts and photos, you will see family and friends gathering for candle light vigils as the NZ RCC searched the Tasman for signs of the S/V Nina or her crew. Then somewhere around the 4th or 5th (not sure which day the actual decision was made) of July NZ RCC decided to suspend their search. This is where the family's took hold of the the bull and plowed forward taking the search private.

Soon after NZ RCC suspended their efforts, Ricky Wright, Danielle's father, contacted Texas Equusearch .  With TES's support, spearheaded by Ralph Baird the search has evolved and so has our Facebook group.  It is currently supporting the efforts of visual searches of maps on the Tomnod site. There is a second Facebook Page that supports the news updates and fund raising efforts.  There is also a blog that is written by Tim Paynter.  Tim has had the experience of being lost at sea, and knows first had of the difficulties to survive and there is a page on the Equusearch site with updates of their search efforts.


With all that being said, I often times find my self sitting here at my computer, sometimes at the end of the day, sometimes in the early morning going through the posts, adding new members, searching the images on Tomnod and I wonder...  I wonder, how do you live for days on end on a life raft with 6 other people. We take so much for granted in our every day lives, a fresh meal, hot shower, cold glass of water, toilet, soft bed, warm blanket etc... etc... etc...
 
They are adventures after all, but did they ever think it would go to this extreme.

I admire  David and Rosemary, they chose not to wait. They figured out how to do the daily and live the adventure, side stepping the when this, then that, loop.

There are many reasons to believe that they are adrift either in a life raft or on the disabled vessel, just go to
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Examples of drifting yachts
one of the pages and you will find stories of vessels presumed to be sunk (with no evidence) or that were disabled and abandoned, just to show up months later still in tack.  David's twin sister Cherie believes that Nina will bring the home... Nina always has.


I know this blog is new and I don't have a lot of follows yet. I am posting this because, as Tim would put it, I am a spoke in the wheel and will take you to the hub. There you will find the story.

So if you can spare a few dollars or spare a few minutes, please join the search. Donate at TES and instruct them to use your donation for Nina search in the notes to seller. Take a few minutes and search some maps on Tomnod. and share, re-post, cross post, like,join and follow anything you find about the sailboat Niña and her crew. This way we continue to gain momentum, and keep Nina at the top of the news feeds until she and her crew are found.

 Chose to live life, chose to share in the hope, chose to pay it forward and help to save 7 souls lost at see.

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Life is simple... enjoy the journey.

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