Ken and Will Flannery have been planning the trip south and were ready to head out to the ocean and make a run for it sometime later this week. Jerry cans, heaters, strobe/spot lights, EPIRBS all on board.
BUT FATE INTERVENED.
The beautiful Sally Lightfoot (pictured in the 2/12/10 blog post) was dismasted today as she tried to sail under the Oriental bridge. Photos of the boat are posted on the towndock website. http://towndock.net/on-the-cover/dismated-ct-yawl. Ken was not on the Sally Lightfoot for this trip. Just Will and Don (the owner).
Unfortunately, Will Flannery was injured in the accident--he is now in the Greenville hospital and doing well. Definitely an injured leg that will take some time to heal. I do not know much more at this time.
After Will had EMT treatment (including something for pain), his last comment to Ken (before being whisked to Greenville) was "I will still be ready to leave tomorrow." Despite his hopes, that is not likely to happen.
Ken is driving back to Oriental from Greenville right now and will take some time to evaluate whether to close up the boat or try to make the trip in another fashion. Remember that post at the end of the year that said "Let's see what Murphy (of Murphy's Law) has to say about our plans!"?
Seriously, we are so glad that Will was not more seriously injured and wish him a speedy recovery. Since Will's life is the water, a cast will not likely be much fun.
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