Thursday, July 31, 2014

a plea from werner




Patty Strickler wrote:

. . . Werner Meybaum went to the Dr to have a bump on his leg checked out...

all is well and he he was out sailing Magic last night. 

Now people are waiting for the mystery to be solved 

of what happened to the sails 

and equipment 

that is missing from the new boat!!

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a plea from werner

a big thank you ... to the mystery rescue crew ... for tipping the boat upright ... 

if someone can ... please return sails ... ropes ... pulleys ... 

you may just drop it off anywhere ... near the calhoun sailing dock 

we will ask no questions ...

... ... ... we love you ... ... ... we thank you ... 

greetings ... with love ... from all sailors ... sailing lake calhoun ... ... ... and ... from all volunteers ...

from werner


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tipped over new boat last night ... got a bumb on right leg ...

put ice on swelling

on the way to see doctor

drying out phone and camera ...

boat is still ... upside down in lake

need help

sending love from werner
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  • Patty Strickler Oh dear, how can I help?
  • Bartley Stratton I'm so sorry. Feel better Werner. I hope you are OK. Thinking of you.
  • Raul Cuellar Sorry to hear that. Let me know if I can help
  • Constance Avery Oh no. Hope just a bump. No break and how can I help??? Wish was closer..... Hoping someone can get boat back for you.......
  • Charlene Lueck Prayers for fast recovery
  • Benjamin Erick Wellumson ouch! hope your healing is healing!
    wish we were there to help, and pray for help to come to you. you are fondly in our thoughts!
  • Deborah Randazza Be well Dear Man. 
  • Gilbert Baldwin I wish I could help Werner. I'm sure someone will step up to help with the boat. More importantly I hope you are well and healing from the injury.
    12 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Stephanie Endres prayer for you
  • Inge LeGore better your leg then your head, ja? I will say :" Om mani padme hum " many times for you to heal well.
    12 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Alex James Arden Hope you heal quickly. Will help however I can
  • Deborah Randazza How to assist? Getting the boat in place? Getting you some meals? Please ask, and I shall do the best I can. 
    12 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Petra Heiss Werner we built it. I love you
  • Nan Thompson Just talked to patty, she said she sent you a message to see if you need any help. Let her know if you need a ride or anything. I'm or in the suburbs teaching today or is come and meet you at Dr if you weren't already surrounded by loved ones. Take care and please let us know if you need anything.. Nan
    12 hours ago · Like · 2
  • Kellene Kulas So sorry for your misfortune. I hope you are able to quickly recover.
    11 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Meghan Jordan Always look on the sunny side of life! Let's flip that boat back up and get you sailing sunsets again! Love you Werner!
  • Anna Tuerck Take it e-z!! Take care!! Healing thoughts and hopefully by now boat isnt still upside down!!
  • Roya Moaddeli Greeting from far away... Sorry to hear that, I am sure kids will come and help you with the boat. I wish I could do some thing from Denver then I thought you are very loved by every one there and your kindness will help you to get thorough... Best of luck and health..
  • Kara Lovemelt    - I can probably rally a team to get your boat back in place. Perhaps Carrie Guenther can help too since she knows where you keep it. Let me know if you'd like that to happen and where is your boat? Health and happiness, Werner 
  • Kara Lovemelt I won't be able to do it until tomorrow - I'm alone with a 1 year old who needs to go to bed soon.
  • Alexi McFadden Sorry to hear...speedy recovery! Take care...
  • Diane Shulman Rabin Hope you're ok.
  • Duane D. Thorpe Take much more care when sailing at night - and get well.
  • Deborah Randazza I can be there tomorrow at anytime as well. What is status at 10 p.m. Monday please?
    Is there a plan to upturn boat or is it already accomplished?
    Ready to assist. Watching..,,
  • Catherine O'Neil Here is the update...though you should listen to Werner tell the entire story! Werner is well, the swelling on the leg is down, his sense of humor over the incident is intact. The boat on the other hand is still in deep water. There is a plan at noon on Tuesday to float it up to the surface, and see what to do from that point.
    5 hours ago · Like · 4
  • Deborah Randazza Thank you Catherine. I shall do my best to meet at dock around noon- only work shall get in way.
  • Anita Rice Roberts I'm glad to hear the swelling is down and help is on the way. Sending good vibrations! From Arizona!
  • Gad Fly Thank you for update Catherine O'Neil. I am gladWerner Meybaum is doing well. I get off work around 4 pm tomorrow (Tu.) Please let me know if there is a need to come over and help. I am not sure what I can do to help, but I can swim!!!!
    3 hours ago · Like · 1
  • David Erwin Hi I am a concerned friend from New Orleans. Thanks for keeping us updated. Glad to know everyone is safe. For clarification is Magic the boat that was flipped?
  • Werner Meybaum ...

    dearest friends

    thank you ... thank you ... thank you ...

    for many years ... we frequently tipped over ...

    since then ... our sailing group ... sailing lake calhoun ... were blessed ... by will winter ... bringing magic into our lives ... ... ...

    we have not tipped magic over ... ... ...

    a few days ago ... we are grateful to carl berdie ... for turning over his e-scow ... to our group ...

    sailing the e-scow ... on sunday ... we had a nice sail to the south east side of lake calhoun ... we saw people watching us at the shore ... we turned the boat around ... ... ...

    feeling good ... looked back ... and ... waved to the people at the shore ... ... ...

    when we turned back to sailing ... it was to late ... and we tipped over ...

  • fell ... with life jacket on ... into the water ... ... ...

    today ... tuesday at noon ... we want to rescue the e-scow ... and celebrate ... ... ...

    any songs ... food and drink ... for the rescue-crew ... will be appreciated ... ... ...

    it is 3:58 am ...

    thank you ... thank you ... thank you ...

    greetings ... from all sailors ... sailing lake caloun ... from werner




  • Jim Anderson Michael, they were clearly taken. A sail doesn't just slide off the mast AND the boom, the jib blocks are both gone, the traveler block is gone and needed a stopper removed first, and several lines are gone which needed to be untied. What puzzle me is that they bailed thousands of gallons of water out of the boat. I think they may have been actually trying to salvage it. I made a sign and put it up near where the boat was telling them to call me to return the parts, but haven't heard anything.
  • Werner Meybaum . . . T H A N K . . . Y O U . . . J I M . . .
    11 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Paul Kane Sorry. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help find them.
    9 hours ago · Unlike · 1
  • Michael S. Thorud I still wonder if they removed the sail just to be able to right it easier, and that the sail could still be in the water where the capsized boat was at the time it was righted.
    2 hours ago · Unlike · 2
  • Jim Anderson That could be, I did look around for missing parts but the problem is that it drops off really deep really fast in that area. If you walk around the lake on the south end you will see a rock that has a plaque showing an 1835 (I think) map of the area, the boat was tied to a tree about 40 yards west of that rock. Very hard to see anything in the water there.
    2 hours ago · Unlike · 1
  • Jean Huselid I hope this all turns out well but it is turning into quite the mystery of the E-Scow!
    27 minutes ago · Unlike · 1
Jim Anderson Michael may be right. I got a call today from someone who said they saw my sign, and saw what looked like a mainsail floating in about 6 feet of water roughly 200 feet up the shore, to the northeast. By the time I got there it was gone, but is probably drifting underwater somewhere close. So if you are at the lake and between the 36th street dock and the south and of the lake, keep an eye out for it!
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