What happened?

Francis Roussel

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Jun 6, 2025, 1:20:52 AMJun 6

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Hi Damon,

Planned return or kidnapping?

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff

Regards

fr

Damon McMillan

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Jun 6, 2025, 10:49:19 AMJun 6

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Kidnapping. I have contacted someone in the area and hopefully they can at least get some pictures of the boat. It's been struggling lately so it's not a big deal that they pulled it out of the water. In fact, if I get pictures back, it's probably a net positive.

Damon

Damon McMillan

Blue Trail Engineering LLC

1567 Skyway Dr. Unit B

Longmont, CO 80504

720-526-6388 (business)

801-520-4953 (cell)

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Robin Lovelock on robin@gpss.co.uk

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Jun 6, 2025, 11:26:36 AMJun 6

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Thanks Damon. I had difficulty reading the lat/lon from your tracking map,

but soon located that boat house (?) on Google Maps at -0.426089, 130.824992

Sadly, nobody I know, or knew near there on my public links pages,

but, of course, you will see things like local hotels, cafes, etc ;-)

Did you have contact information clearly visible on the boat ?

You might consider contacting local guys there, including the press ;-)

I recall that boat, years ago, washed up on the Channel Islands ;-)

Robin

http://www.gpss.co.uk & http://www.nhscare.info & http://www.gpshobby.info

Snoopy on http://www.gpss.co.uk/autop.htm - no, Team Joker too busy with other things ;-)

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Alastair Lidstone

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Jun 14, 2025, 1:20:21 PMJun 14

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Have you had any luck finding your boat?

Alastair

On 6 Jun 2025, at 17:26, 'Robin Lovelock on ro...@gpss.co.uk' via Microtransat <microt...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Thanks Damon. I had difficulty reading the lat/lon from your tracking map,

but soon located that boat house (?) on Google Maps at -0.426089, 130.824992

Sadly, nobody I know, or knew near there on my public links pages,

but, of course, you will see things like local hotels, cafes, etc ;-)

Did you have contact information clearly visible on the boat ?

You might consider contacting local guys there, including the press ;-)

I recall that boat, years ago, washed up on the Channel Islands ;-)

Robin

http://www.gpss.co.uk & http://www.nhscare.info & http://www.gpshobby.info

Snoopy on http://www.gpss.co.uk/autop.htm - no, Team Joker too busy with other things ;-)

On Friday, June 6, 2025 at 03:49:21 PM GMT+1, Damon McMillan <da...@bluetrailengineering.com> wrote:

Kidnapping. I have contacted someone in the area and hopefully they can at least get some pictures of the boat. It's been struggling lately so it's not a big deal that they pulled it out of the water. In fact, if I get pictures back, it's probably a net positive.

Damon

Damon McMillan
Blue Trail Engineering LLC

1567 Skyway Dr. Unit B

Longmont, CO 80504

720-526-6388 (business)

801-520-4953 (cell)
www.bluetrailengineering.com

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Hi Damon,

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Planned return or kidnapping?

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff

Regards

fr

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Damon McMillan

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Jun 14, 2025, 2:15:44 PMJun 14

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Yes! See:

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff

Damon McMillan

Blue Trail Engineering LLC

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Longmont, CO 80504

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Alastair Lidstone

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Jun 14, 2025, 2:21:49 PMJun 14

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Brilliant! Glad you managed to track it down and get some photos! I’m surprised there’s very little biofouling.

I think you’re right about the record! I’ve enjoyed tracking the boat’s journey half way around the world!

Well done Damon on building an incredible boat!

Alastair

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Damon McMillan

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Jun 14, 2025, 2:31:36 PMJun 14

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Thanks!

Yeah, the lack of fouling is surprising. I asked whether the fisherman cleaned off the boat but didn't get a clear answer.

Damon

Damon McMillan

Blue Trail Engineering LLC

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Longmont, CO 80504

720-526-6388 (business)

801-520-4953 (cell)

www.bluetrailengineering.com

Robin Lovelock on robin@gpss.co.uk

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Jun 14, 2025, 4:40:09 PMJun 14

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Well Done Damon ! :-) BUT I could not see recent photos of the boat when I followed the link

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff - are they tucked away on a page ?
Can you easily attach in a reply to this ?
BTW I loved the coincidence of where you tracked it to.
I guess the military sometimes appear as "local fishermen" etc ;-)
Now off to the Sunninghill Comrades Club and the page is now public http://www.gpss.co.uk/78.htm
Don't forget where Microtransat started in France and the military naval connections ;-)
Robin & Snoopy on http://www.gpss.co.uk ;-)

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Robin Lovelock on robin@gpss.co.uk

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Jun 16, 2025, 6:37:59 AMJun 16

to Alastair Lidstone, Damon McMillan, Francis Roussel, Microtransat

Thanks Tony. Picture attached here as indo.gif

Robin & Snoopy http://www.gpss.co.uk

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On Monday, June 16, 2025 at 09:40:01 AM GMT+1, Tony Robinson <to...@tonyrobinson.com> wrote:

Keep clicking on the pics, it gets you to:

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff?lightbox=dataItem-mbpd3lix

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff?lightbox=dataItem-mbpd3lix1

https://www.bluetrailengineering.com/fun-stuff?lightbox=dataItem-mbpd3lix2

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