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I have been a waterman since the age of three. I grew up swimming on a swimteam on the east coast. My Dad had a small boat when I was a kid and we spent many a day on the Chesepeake Bay. I moved to the west on a scholorship for swimming at UNLV. Moved to Carmel after college and continued my surfing career in Carmel and Santa Cruz. Worked for Hyatt and hit the water every chance I could. Transfered to Palo Alto and continued surfing in Santa Cruz. Got hooked on windsurfing in 84 and even started a windsurfing club called Windpower. Sailed like crazy on the SF bay until my son Connor arrived. Slowed down and started sailing a Sunfish in Redwood Shores. Moved up to a sailing dory in 1999. The Hunky Dory took me all over and I mastered her on the lakes and sloughs of Fremont. Took her on the bay many times too. In late 2000, two friends and I purchased Addiction, a 1981 Newport 30 sailboat. We have sailed all over the bay over the last five years and love this boat.

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01/05/2007

Solo Sailor to be Rescued

Newport Beach based solo sailor Ken Barnes had big plans. He had hoped to sail around the world non stop on his boat Privateer. After a run in with a hurricane off Mexico, things were going pretty good. Then came a huge storm off Chile that wrecked his boat. He lost both masts, his engine is not working and he has water coming thru a hatch or two. Now a fishing trawler is on it's way to pick him up and scuttle the boat. The seas conditions were horrendous: 50 -60 kt winds and 40 ft seas. Not something you ever hope to encounter on the open sea (although these conditions are very much the norm in the area of Cape Horn where he is near). Good luck to Ken and hope you are holding up. If you would like to check out his website, please click here.

I just visited his website and he has been safely rescued as of 3am PST!!

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