Hi Rick and others.... Wilhelm lived in Namibia, South Africa and owned a large Ranch and was in the Oil Exploration Business. He would have a boat built or buy one and do solo sails, for fun. Before I met him he sailed an engineless boat thru the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. He gave that boat away. He planned to sail several segments to Namibia, stopping along the way. He left San Diego headed west doing a winter crossing of the Pacific. He pulled into Vanuata 100 days later to rest and wait out Hurricane season in the Indian Ocean. He put the boat on the Hard with the boatyard owned by SUE. He emailed me and called me and we talked a long time. The boat did fine. Two large storms mid ocean. No problems. Waves 40 feet. He had some family and business issues back home. He left to fly home and nobody heard from him again. Sue and I emailed a few times over the years. On an email with Geoff, she said this... Wilhelm the owner left the yacht with me in Vanuatu, (I owned the boatyard there) but never returned. I tried to contact him in many ways, but the address he left was incorrect, I called the police and the yacht club in Namibia, even the Windhoek newspaper and the yacht club, but was unable to find him, so after 4 years of non-payment, the boat was seized, as per terms of contract . I felt something untoward must have happened to him. Cheers, Sue The boat was contained to New Zealand. Be well Bob Eeg [image1.JPG] [image2.JPG] Sent from my iPad On Jan 5, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com<mailto:jdavies104@gmail.com>> wrote: Does anyone know exactly where Strawanza sailed? I've heard of her for years, but never heard any details about her travels. Did she sail to New Zealand? Rick M17#633 Lynne L On Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Bob Eeg <montgomeryboats@hotmail.com<mailto:montgomeryboats@hotmail.com>> wrote: I have apologized to Tom for my Smart Ass Reply the other day. Sorry Tom. I built Strawanza in 2007 for a mid winter crossing of the Pacific Ocean. She did well and he made it just fine. She's in New Zealand now.........she still looks great. Be well Bob Eeg 949/489-8227
