Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 2001/07

From: Tom Wood <n4cid@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] More proof that we are a varied group!
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 08:31:30 -0400

"==>HAM-SAILOR SITTING OUT HURRICANE SEASON IN TRINIDAD

Round-the-world ham-sailor David Clark, KB6TAM, arrived June 25 in
Trinidad
and now is settling in there for the duration of the Atlantic
hurricane
season. He plans to complete his trip this fall, scheduling his
arrival in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to coincide with his wife Lynda's birthday,
November 18.

Clark, 77, hopes to become the oldest person to sail solo around the
globe.
He says he'll use his time in Trinidad to rest, work on his book and
"play
some music for the people he meets in Trinidad," said Lynda Clark.
David
Clark has occasionally subsidized his journey's expenses by taking on
clarinet gigs at his various ports of call.

Clark's ham rig failed before he got to Trinidad, but he expects to
repair
it there with the help of some local hams. During his long journey,
Clark
has maintained regular radio schedules with hams that made phone
patches to
wife in California.

In a recent dispatch to family, friends and supporters, Clark said he
plans
to start the final 1500-mile leg to Fort Lauderdale in October. Clark
survived a disaster in early February that sank his original sailboat,
the
Mollie Milar. Mickey, his canine first mate, was lost during the
rescue
effort. Clark secured a new boat--which he named Mickey--in South
Africa and
resumed his around-the-world quest in April.

Clark called his high-seas adventure "truly been one of the most
exciting
times of my life...but also one of the most difficult and certainly,
at
times, the most lonely." He admitted that there have been times when
he was
tempted to quit, but others when "it was really quite pleasant, and I
knew I
was in the right place."

For more information Clark's journey, visit http://www.dclark.com and
http://www.captainclark.com.--Archie McKay, K4GA"

Tom W.

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