tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post1988437914395486269..comments2024-03-17T17:59:44.193+00:00Comments on Bill's Log: ‘Sea Egg’William Serjeanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-75161529731719952032021-01-06T16:54:24.119+00:002021-01-06T16:54:24.119+00:00Soviet seaman
Ive seen SEA EGG at 1973 in Aucklan...Soviet seaman <br />Ive seen SEA EGG at 1973 in Auckland .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587186219636163193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-35348821937987531952021-01-06T16:50:45.777+00:002021-01-06T16:50:45.777+00:00Ive seen SEA EGG in Auckland in 1973 ...I was a so...Ive seen SEA EGG in Auckland in 1973 ...I was a soviet seaman ...and from that time Ican not forget .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587186219636163193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-82627741815418791662020-05-23T22:37:08.750+01:002020-05-23T22:37:08.750+01:00I saw SEA EGG from my verandah at Austinmer about ...I saw SEA EGG from my verandah at Austinmer about 1 mile off Thirroul beach travelling north toward Sydney on the day he was due there. Through strong binoculars it was obvious it was Sea Egg with its red sails. the coast runs nth east to Sydney along the rocky shore of the Royal National Park Which he would have hit if he failed to change course. When it was reported that he was overdue and there was a search I phoned the police and reported what I had seen then heard no more it appears my report was ignored. It is my opinion that John changed course north when he encountered the coast south of his destination and while sailing under wind vane steering he maybe fell asleep and crashed into the rocky shoreline and sank. I intend telling this true story in 3 yrs on the 50th anniversary of his disapearance. No trace of Sea Egg was ever found I know it is on the bottom along the coast just south of Sydney. Please complete the history with these facts'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496310158314295018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-18758673185328561862017-04-03T16:48:03.998+01:002017-04-03T16:48:03.998+01:00Hi
Johns wife, Marianne is my mom. She remarried, ...Hi<br />Johns wife, Marianne is my mom. She remarried, moved to South Africa and had two daughters. We loved to hear her stories of John and his adventures. She even started writing a book, sadly never got finished. Sadly she passed away last year. <br /><br />@ waterfrontlady I remember that story... was her favorite 😊<br />Mainberger Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807476075567433102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-17647725587206885582015-09-10T20:43:09.210+01:002015-09-10T20:43:09.210+01:00I was good friends with John and Marianne in Acapu...I was good friends with John and Marianne in Acapulco. Recall he took over temporary captain's job on schooner Puritan before their smaller sailboat delivery to Santa Barbara thwarted by 3am hurricane destruction in Cabo. I'd taken a last photo of the delivery vessel that was on front page of Santa Barbara News Press and well recall Marianne's description swimming ashore in the havoc of the storm. They were taking all my winter sailing clothes back to Santa Barbara aboard too at the time as I was headed for charter work in the Caribbean tropics, and we'd kept in touch when they were in San Diego. I don't know tho what Marianne went on to do after losing John in the Tasman Sea, and if anyone knows how I may reach her...please email waterfrontlady@comcast.net. I've always regretted losing touch. That she and some friends were seriously out to circumnavigate much of the world in a Land Rover concurrently with John's similar ambitions with the SEA EGG by sea, and their meeting at the Panama Canal was always a most fascinating story! Once again, if anyone has contact with Marianne, I would be grateful to send her hellos and hugs. Thank you.Waterfrontladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728623479600318382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-54698411279182698562015-06-04T10:39:14.215+01:002015-06-04T10:39:14.215+01:00I well remember seeing John on board Sea Egg tied ...I well remember seeing John on board Sea Egg tied up to the wharf downtown Auckland i could not believe that he had sailed this midget yacht all the way from England and was going to attempt the mighty Tasman.He had made front page of the NZ Herald newspaper at the time ---Mark Alloway WhitiangaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201996235953644571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-59141261319685606402013-07-24T17:52:10.439+01:002013-07-24T17:52:10.439+01:00we met john in Hawaii. he was so kind and nice to ...we met john in Hawaii. he was so kind and nice to us. our 2 cat had made the voyage during hurricanes and he was nice to share his home made orange chicken with us. would love to read the books. what happened to his wife? he was so proud of her.barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668148232002112969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-75531440356804574542010-02-13T05:16:42.004+00:002010-02-13T05:16:42.004+00:00Takes me back too... Around forty years in fact......Takes me back too... Around forty years in fact... I was delivery skipper on a 72Ft ketch on passage from the Virgin Islands to Newport Beach... <br />Calling at Cabo St.Lucas for fuel on the heels of a hurricane, my dock lines were taken by a disheveled John Riding looking for a ride to California where his little "Sea Egg" was awaiting the planned Pacific crossing...We became friends on the trip North and he explained his taking on a delivery job from Costa Rica to California to make enough cash for the next leg of his "Sea Egg Saga"... <br />An unexpected hurricane wrought havoc on the fleet of yachts anchored off the beach at Cabo...Many, including Johns' were tossed up on the beach and demolished...<br />John also regaled me with details of his harrowing passage from Panama up to "almost" San Diego, to be set South by the current when actually in sight of San Diego and being forced by total lack of water and food, to sail the Egg onto a Mexican beach filled with US surfers who simply picked up the Egg bodily and carried it up to dry land, John and all!... The Egg finished her voyage to San Diego aboard a trailer...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16856799382869066611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-57972746344199456202010-02-11T23:10:50.449+00:002010-02-11T23:10:50.449+00:00This entry really takes me back. I was turning 16 ...This entry really takes me back. I was turning 16 in Bermuda in the summer of 1965 when John Riding tied up at the Hamilton Princess to shower and re-provision on his first transatlantic passage. Seeing him and the Sea Egg definitely hooked me on small craft. Thanks!PeterBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483875365639784367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-33392156747200683052009-12-03T21:49:36.252+00:002009-12-03T21:49:36.252+00:00Paul, I'll make a link to your recent post at ...Paul, I'll make a link to your recent post at AiT.<br />Bill.William Serjeanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419676353659137355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882921.post-64286713921168872302009-11-29T15:01:14.125+00:002009-11-29T15:01:14.125+00:00Nice find Bill! .. this should definitely be poste...Nice find Bill! .. this should definitely be posted to AiT!Paul Boucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676659290535062756noreply@blogger.com