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zeil
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Initially Posted - 09/08/2018 : 17:24:59

Would any one happen to know how to contact James Baumgart

Henk & Johanna
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Response Posted - 09/09/2018 : 07:38:25

He has a Facebook page--last I knew he lived in Mexico, but it appears he's moved on to El Salvador. You could try his e-mail through his old forum profile (JimB517), but that might be to the San Diego Sheriff's Dept.--probably a defunct address. If you reach him, I'm curious to hear how he's doing--his new location is a little puzzling.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 09/09/2018 08:54:56

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Response Posted - 09/09/2018 : 09:50:02

Now I see, from a map he shows that hung in his office, his plan to hop, skip and jump down to Ecuador by January on his boat Octopus Garden--a 50+' (?) classic ketch, as I recall... I guess it's starting to make sense (to an old fart "stuck" in CT).

For the newer crowd here, this is our past Association Commodore and most distinguished ocean racer on a C-25, back when he lived in, worked in, and sailed out of San Diego.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 09/09/2018 09:54:04

zeil
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Response Posted - 09/09/2018 : 14:38:09

Thank you guys... I'll try to get in contact with him

When we visited Mission Bay in San Diego during our year-long meandering in 2006/07 with our beloved C250WB "Someday Lady". We stayed for 3 month in Village Bay Marina, slip 5, on D dock. Jim visited us frequently and took us out on his boat. Jim is a sailor at heart and told us lots of great stories.

Jim gave us a copy of his his book called "Bahamas or Bust", in which he describes their year-long wandering with their boat called "Indicipline", and it cover to cover. His headline reads "A family of 4 on a powerboat from San Diego to Milwaukee, to the Bahamas and Beyond".

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Response Posted - 09/11/2018 : 22:42:40

Well, he's moved beyond... far beyond! But, sadly, without the family.

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/15/2018 : 14:01:44

Elaborate?

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Response Posted - 09/15/2018 : 21:23:38

Yes please...

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Response Posted - 09/16/2018 : 13:44:51

Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything, but as you can see from his open FB page, he's retired and has been living aboard a big ketch in Mexico for more than a few years now with a woman who is not the wife (Pam?) whom I met in San Diego. I know nothing of the back-story.

In San Diego, Jim became a passionate ocean racer who tired of being too late for the after-race cocktail parties on distance races in his C-25, so "graduated himself" to a 30' Pearson Flyer, an older flush-deck racer, upgraded the boat, gathered and trained a regular crew, and became a force in the San Diego fleet. He reported only some early activities here, but kept a Facebook page on Sly McFly Racing. (That was his Flyer.) I would congratulate him on successful duels with big Js and the like... Then something changed.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

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Response Posted - 09/17/2018 : 09:21:47

Henk: Any luck?

Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

zeil
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Response Posted - 09/17/2018 : 10:55:48

No luck so far...

jerlim
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Response Posted - 09/18/2018 : 18:52:37

https://www.facebook.com/james.baumgart.90?fref=search

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sethp001
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Response Posted - 09/18/2018 : 18:54:58

quote:
Originally posted by Stinkpotter

Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything, but as you can see from his open FB page, he's retired and has been living aboard a big ketch in Mexico for more than a few years now with a woman who is not the wife (Pam?) whom I met in San Diego.

So, I guess he's living the dream. However, I would much prefer to do the same with my wife.

Seth
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Response Posted - 09/18/2018 : 18:56:33

My wife was standing behind me.

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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/19/2018 : 06:26:18

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Originally posted by sethp001

My wife was standing behind me.

...asking you if this was giving you ideas...

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/19/2018 : 17:08:23

I always joke with my wife that if I don�t return home from a day out or a business trip, check Tahiti... I really believe she takes me seriously. As we now see, you never know!

Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain � Milford, CT

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