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mknott@bcpl.net

Wed, Aug 9, 2000 1:00 PM

===== Original Message From Charles Vollum moana@xsw.com =====
One candidate (according to http://www.ladatco.com/Titi-gate.htm) is Lake

Titicaca at at 12,580 feet, covering 3500 square miles. I don't know if most
trawlers could get there, but it could work for Boojum. Don't know how the
roads are around

there; we might need a chopper lift! As I recall, Tristan Jones had an

adventure planned there, but I'm not sure if he ever made it.

Tristan did make it... and wrote about it. As I recall he contracted with a
local to haul his boat up to the lake while sticking out of the back of a
truck. Still don't know how that boat made it in one piece.

Mel Knott

>===== Original Message From Charles Vollum <moana@xsw.com> ===== >One candidate (according to http://www.ladatco.com/Titi-gate.htm) is Lake Titicaca at at 12,580 feet, covering 3500 square miles. I don't know if most trawlers could get there, but it could work for Boojum. Don't know how the roads are around >there; we might need a chopper lift! As I recall, Tristan Jones had an adventure planned there, but I'm not sure if he ever made it. > Tristan did make it... and wrote about it. As I recall he contracted with a local to haul his boat up to the lake while sticking out of the back of a truck. Still don't know how that boat made it in one piece. Mel Knott

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blewis@oz.net

Mon, Aug 14, 2000 12:24 AM

At 06:00 AM 8/9/00, mknott wrote:

there; we might need a chopper lift! As I recall, Tristan Jones had an

adventure planned there, but I'm not sure if he ever made it.

Tristan did make it... and wrote about it. As I recall he contracted with a
local to haul his boat up to the lake while sticking out of the back of a
truck. Still don't know how that boat made it in one piece.

Mel Knott

And if that wasn't enough, after sailing the lake for a while, he shipped
his boat on over the Andes into the Amazon River system and traveled to the
mouth of the Amazon!!

We visited Bolivia and Peru in '95. Stayed two days on Taquile Island on
Lake Titicaca. After getting his boat up on top (the Alta Plana sp?) the
trucking wouldn't be too rough. But, getting up and then down the other
side........! Very gutsy. What an adventure!

BTW, Tristan Jones passed away in Thailand a few years ago. His books were
great reading.

Ben

At 06:00 AM 8/9/00, mknott wrote: > >there; we might need a chopper lift! As I recall, Tristan Jones had an >adventure planned there, but I'm not sure if he ever made it. > > > >Tristan did make it... and wrote about it. As I recall he contracted with a >local to haul his boat up to the lake while sticking out of the back of a >truck. Still don't know how that boat made it in one piece. > >Mel Knott And if that wasn't enough, after sailing the lake for a while, he shipped his boat on over the Andes into the Amazon River system and traveled to the mouth of the Amazon!! We visited Bolivia and Peru in '95. Stayed two days on Taquile Island on Lake Titicaca. After getting his boat up on top (the Alta Plana sp?) the trucking wouldn't be too rough. But, getting up and then down the other side........! Very gutsy. What an adventure! BTW, Tristan Jones passed away in Thailand a few years ago. His books were great reading. Ben

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scaramouche@tvo.org

Mon, Aug 14, 2000 1:20 AM

blewis@oz.net writes:

BTW, Tristan Jones passed away in Thailand a few years ago. His
books were
great reading

They still are. I am presently halfway through "A Star to Steer Her
By" and enjoying it very much!

George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada

blewis@oz.net writes: >BTW, Tristan Jones passed away in Thailand a few years ago. His >books were >great reading They still are. I am presently halfway through "A Star to Steer Her By" and enjoying it very much! George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada

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