COOKTOWN MRK 0

[bornfreee]

When i was up in Cooktown last year i rowed past a Mrk 0 top hat heaverly laid down with all the cruising gear of a yacht thats done lots of miles.
Having a few cruising friends living up there i was chatting to them RE there preperations for the cyclone, seems the only yacht left in the open river is this neglected tophat i just hope she has manageged to survive.

[SeaLady]

Fingers crossed for everyone up there.

[Phillip]

Bill,

Saw a TV news this morning which showed only one yacht at Cooktown, I wonder if that was her?

[storm petrel]

I also saw a report of someone being washed off a yacht at it's mooring up there; he swam to shore and was fine. Only had brief shot of the yacht but it looked like a Top Hat or Compass.

[bornfreee]

Hey guys the tophsts name for Phillips record is Johno she survived with minor damage most yachts went up to four mile creek on the high tide.
I meet that old fella who ended up in the water he was very lucky to survive both from drowning and being eaten he looks like his yacht sunk

[storm petrel]

What sort of yacht did the old boy have?

[bornfreee]

If it was the guy with a walking stick standing near his ute it was some negleted old wooden thing i know a old guy up there who owns a compass 28 Mark i hope it wasnt him you saw i just tried to ring him no answer

[rob.lovelace]

sadly neglected with a holed bow but still floating

[rob.lovelace]

if you look closely you can see the slot which enables the outboard to be tilted up through the transom. It's jus behind the vane gear on the right