update from St. Augustine

here is link on local followup story that came out today in St. Augustine Record with a nice picture of Gill on front page. We are making a little headway at getting him up and on his feet again.

update on Gill and Lady Cecile

bad. BAD. its bad. when she first got on the sand, she could have still been saved. the coast guard and environ. and home security and dept wildlife came and made him spend 7 hours sucking the fuel out with a tube and his mouth and putting it in gallon containers. the waves were terrible and were slamming her bad. then the boat broke in half. then the mast fell and broke the front in half. he had to sit in the sand and watch her break into a million toothpicks, and he made piles of his stuff. like 12. like the bell, etc. then the cops came and made him find a room and drove him all over town making him get a hotel room. he could not afford them. finally they brought him back to the south beach where he wrecked and there's a real dump so he got $10 a night. paid for a month. today we start cutting up and cleaning up her cockpit. a guy is supposed to come for the engine which is mostly buried in sand. they paid him $40 and they have to dig it out. this really sucks. it's breaking my heart. we are still in shock and cant believe it. anyway, the next day, the ocean and pirates took most of the piles. he made it into 3 piles. next day, all gone. just this cockpit. i am shocked and horrified and still can't believe a boat that big and beautiful is gone forever. he will be here the month as lots of paperwork and red tape. he did dnr yesterday, coast guard today to take him to office, he has to say yes sir no sir ok sir. so we have no truck or chain saw and have to find that today. its weird the cockpit and the teak i worked so hard on is the only part left. thats not all. the dnr (wildlife) guy comes (he could charge him $35,000 a day till its cleaned up, but was nice and waived it). we ask him about a home for the baby possums and he says he can arrest me for bringing wild animals over the state line! LOL! he was serious! ugh! so he gave me 3 animal resuce numbers which i wanted anyway, but no one answers. and one died last night. we put it in a freezer. the other one still going. so you can run over and kill them on the road but u can't care for them. go figure. room crappy, black mold, wet floor, disgraceful. Gill's spirits ok considering. He still can't believe it. plan: get all stuff done here, find job, get shit back together, get steel catamaran! we are on vilano beach (he beached right in front of the "Fountain of Youth" :) St. Augustine is oldest city in US. good think he beached on cheap end. he can have room near what's left. he could have saved his boat if they would have helped him instead of making him suck fuel!!! this is so crazy and sad! so my cell, to all you boater friends, is 270-699-5651. if u can come or send help, call! love ya awl! a very sad ma ps a miracle i found him! my nose just led me. coast guard on sunday had no idea! amazing. he about fell over when he saw me! he was sitting in front of his room tiny tv (lost his glasses) 2 feet from it zoned out! waiting for dnr. he about fell over. he couldn t believe i came. i was the closest one of all of us.

ma on way to St. A

M A on way to St. A, should arrive Sun eve.

video of Lady Cecile after Fay

SAD NEWS!

a comment on LADY CECILE - GILL LE HOUX: Hello. I'm really sorry to have to let you know that Lady Cecile grounded on Vilano Beach, just north of the Inlet at St Augustine Florida during Tropical Storm Fay on Wednesday August 20th 2008. Despite strenuous efforts to pull her off the beach by the Coast Guard and a local shrimp boat, she was wrecked by the breakers. Even destroyed as she was, you could see her beeeeeeautiful lines. Poor Gill. We'll look out for you around town and buy you a beer.... this is very sad!!! i spent time on this boat last winter in Rockport, Tx., and it was a beautiful boat. i believe the video of her right before she sailed is in this blog and on youtube. i really feel for Gill. you can google "Lady Cecile St. Augustine Fl" and find the news articles, pictures and videos of this sad sad happening.