Hurricane Katrina

From the info on their web site it looked like they were located on the Mississippi side of New Orleans, not on Pontchatrian, where the levee is leaking. But man, doesn't look like any of the businesses there will be up and running anytime soon!

Kelly Cook

This has been on my mind for the past three days. I tried calling Trinity, but the lines are down. I tried reaching their ad agency as well, but no answer. It's ironic you posted this message, as I was just about to do the same.

I'm taking off for a couple of days to work with the Red Cross. I'd like to ask our regular members to keep an eye on the site, keep the kids in line and say a prayer for our friends in the gulf coast region.

If you are so inclined, here is a link to the Hurricane Katrina - Red Cross online donation form...

https://secure2.convio.net/arc/site..._ID=1161&JServSessionIdr010=ebdgx8olf1.app23b

This just came in via IBI News;

Felix Sabates, owner of Trinity Yachts in New Orleans, said that he and his colleagues had no way of knowing what kind of shape the shipyard is in since they are not allowed entry. Trinity currently has six megayachts in various stages of construction. "We don't know when we'll be able to get into the yard," Sabates said. "We're working on it now."

There other boat builders in this area, mainly commercial and crew boats. We'll have to wait and see.

The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued an alert asking for search and rescue boats to aid in the operations in Lousiana...

http://ybw.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20050731171539ibinews.html

Godspeed. Stay safe.

Good luck Carl!

For those who are interested, here are some satelite images of Katrina, really brings home how big she was!

Click here and here

If anyone has information about the condition or status of the following 2 yachts, please email or call me immediately. The owners of MV Mistress are holed up in their house in New Orleans, without roof, power, or water and will try to make it to their boat if she is safe. The Hatteras owners are looking for a status report.

Thanks!

1) MV Mistress, 1988 deAlm 65 steel motoryacht at Orleans Marina
2) MV Sabbatical, 1984 Hatteras 65 LRC at South Shore Harbor Marina, Lake Ponchartrain

Judy Waldman
JW Yachts
(954) 894-8844
jwyachts@earthlink.net

CNN has been providing continous aerial footage all day. They flew over several marinas and each one is completely destroyed. No details were given on the marina names, but from what they showed, about every boat was sunk, piled up or washed up on a street. It is doubtful that any boat along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast is without damage.

Thanks for the update Lars. News reports here in the US show dead bodies still laying in the streets. So I'm afraid it will be a very long time before anything is back to normal there.

Kelly

Thank you for the offer from the government/people of Sweden for assistance. You are perfectly correct, this is a political issue here.

Kelly

Kelly. It 's only political at one level. On the important level it's just about people in a bad way that need some help. I got a call from some of our guys that got out of Gulfport. They are fine and just called in to say not to worry since they're going back to redo the work that they were in the middle of. Fedex is doing a great job letting shippers know what the closest possible pickup point is otherwise we'd have no idea where to ship for the quickest access. Cudos to them! Going to be some time before things get cleaned up down there.

Good to hear Codger