Message-in-a-Bottle - Launched / Found? - Page 3

sandpointyuma · 22-01-2009, 12:11

In 1963 (I was 8), I threw a small bottle with a note in my childhood printing in the harbor in Swampscott, MA. Of course, the note assured good luck to the finder. Some ten years later it was returned to my parents' address which I had included after being picked up somewhere on Cape Cod.

dheaslip · 15-02-2009, 10:16

Back in 1971, when I was 6 years old, I threw a bottle with a message over the rail of the Italian liner that was steaming from New Zealand to Naples. I believe the bottle was thrown overboard somewhere off the Western Sahara coast as we were approaching the Canary Islands.
About 1 year later I received a message from a youg girl called Nicola in Bude, England. The bottle had washed up on a very rocky section of the Cornish coast. Everyone thought it was a practical joke until I wrote back to her. It ended up being quite a big deal and made the English daily papers. Eventually I met Nicola and she showed me the place where the bottle washed up.
My brother threw one off at the same time, but I guess it's still bobbing around somewhere!

bene505 · 15-02-2009, 12:21

I'm very moved by these stories. This summer I'll see to it that my kids launch 5 bottles each. Great idea.

Oh, and my uncle who is doing the best financially in life, found a faded dollar bill in the surf one morning. (He also happens to be a great role model in terms of ethics, morality and being an overall good person.) There's something to be said there I guess.

Hal · 15-02-2009, 18:49

Did it ever return? No, it never returned and it's fate is still unlearned.....

Well, the ones that have never showed up and that are still floating may some day find there ways back with interesting stories. Let those bottles and the kids imaginations float among the oceans of their minds for many years and their kids and their kids and their kids.....

Bash · 15-02-2009, 19:06

...but all the ink had run.

KateSCoble · 21-04-2009, 09:57

I found one in Seattle on a beach in Elliot Bay! I think it was a practical joke or just really sad because the note was written in crayon and it said "My daddy takes me on the boat but all we do is go to hooters".

There is a hooters on lake Union in Seattle where you can moor your boat and go inside to eat.

I think it was a prank because I can't imagine a bottle making it through the Ballard Locks...But I had fun finding it! I still have the bottle and use it as a vase.

bene505 · 30-04-2009, 08:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by bene505

I'm very moved by these stories. This summer I'll see to it that my kids launch 5 bottles each. Great idea.

Oh, and my uncle who is doing the best financially in life, found a faded dollar bill in the surf one morning. (He also happens to be a great role model in terms of ethics, morality and being an overall good person.) There's something to be said there I guess.

Can I use white wine bottles and just reseal with the cork? Or do I need to epoxy the cork in place somehow. I have a good quantity of Interlux 2000e barrier coat. Whill that work?

5 bottle each, with each kid signing it. No sense having one child's turn up and disappointing the other kids. What do you think?

Regards

Mule · 30-04-2009, 09:12

I wonder if I can send the checks to my creditors to pay my bills, after all the check is written and sent, all they gotrta do is cash it. Kindda like the lady whose husband insisted on all his money being placed in his coffin and his widow did it, in check form.

MarkJ · 30-04-2009, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by bene505

5 bottle each, with each kid signing it. No sense having one child's turn up and disappointing the other kids. What do you think?

Regards

Wonderful idea

I did it as a kid and still wonder where the bottle is

Launched it from a ship in the Great Australia Bight..... so some penguine prolly owns it

Cadence · 30-04-2009, 15:43

It's nice to see a lite hearted forum.

GordMay · 01-05-2009, 12:45

Prisoners’ Note Found Near Auschwitz
Builders working near the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp have found a message in a bottle written by prisoners.
Goto:
BBC NEWS | Europe | Builders find Auschwitz message

See more message in a bottle stories at:
Message Bottles In History by Kraig Rice

bene505 · 01-05-2009, 15:40

Is that irony, the last 2 posts, one after the other?

Cadence · 01-05-2009, 15:50

Yep,
So much for lite hearted.

RetiredSailor · 01-05-2009, 18:41

There was a message in a bottle retrieved just a few days ago on the island of Pineros, off the east coast of Puerto Rico. It was dropped by sailors around the Cape Verde islands last August, about 2800 miles away. And it was found by three youngsters learning to scuba dive. The note was just a greeting, to see if it would be found.

hugosalt · 01-05-2009, 23:08

Many years ago between Japan and Hawaii, several I V bottles from a U S Navy Hospital ship. Never received a response...but felt terrible that after seeing me,
several dozen of the ships company did the same. That's a lot of bottles.

15-02-2009, 10:16	#32
dheaslip Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Costa Mesa, CA. But originally from New Zealand Boat: Gulfstar Sailmaster 68' - Imagine Posts: 10	Someone Found It Back in 1971, when I was 6 years old, I threw a bottle with a message over the rail of the Italian liner that was steaming from New Zealand to Naples. I believe the bottle was thrown overboard somewhere off the Western Sahara coast as we were approaching the Canary Islands. About 1 year later I received a message from a youg girl called Nicola in Bude, England. The bottle had washed up on a very rocky section of the Cornish coast. Everyone thought it was a practical joke until I wrote back to her. It ended up being quite a big deal and made the English daily papers. Eventually I met Nicola and she showed me the place where the bottle washed up. My brother threw one off at the same time, but I guess it's still bobbing around somewhere!

15-02-2009, 19:06	#35
Bash Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: sausalito Boat: h46LE Posts: 687	I found one on the beach once... ...but all the ink had run. __________________ reality is for those who lack imagination

01-05-2009, 12:45	#41
GordMay Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 12,576	Prisoners’ Note Found Near Auschwitz Builders working near the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp have found a message in a bottle written by prisoners. Goto: BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Builders find Auschwitz message See more message in a bottle stories at: Message Bottles In History by Kraig Rice __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

01-05-2009, 15:40	#42
bene505 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island Boat: Beneteau 50 Posts: 215	Is that irony, the last 2 posts, one after the other? __________________ 2000 Beneteau 505 "Summer Boost"

01-05-2009, 18:41	#44
RetiredSailor Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virginia and Puerto Rico Boat: Capri 25 and bareboat charters Posts: 55	There was a message in a bottle retrieved just a few days ago on the island of Pineros, off the east coast of Puerto Rico. It was dropped by sailors around the Cape Verde islands last August, about 2800 miles away. And it was found by three youngsters learning to scuba dive. The note was just a greeting, to see if it would be found. __________________ The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward

22-01-2009, 12:11	#31
sandpointyuma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 6 mo Idaho/6-Arizona Boat: wanted Privilege 48-1991 or newer Posts: 1	In 1963 (I was 8), I threw a small bottle with a note in my childhood printing in the harbor in Swampscott, MA. Of course, the note assured good luck to the finder. Some ten years later it was returned to my parents' address which I had included after being picked up somewhere on Cape Cod.

15-02-2009, 12:21	#33
bene505 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island Boat: Beneteau 50 Posts: 215	I'm very moved by these stories. This summer I'll see to it that my kids launch 5 bottles each. Great idea. Oh, and my uncle who is doing the best financially in life, found a faded dollar bill in the surf one morning. (He also happens to be a great role model in terms of ethics, morality and being an overall good person.) There's something to be said there I guess.

15-02-2009, 18:49	#34
Hal Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 99	Did it ever return? No, it never returned and it's fate is still unlearned..... Well, the ones that have never showed up and that are still floating may some day find there ways back with interesting stories. Let those bottles and the kids imaginations float among the oceans of their minds for many years and their kids and their kids and their kids.....

21-04-2009, 09:57	#36
KateSCoble Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Boat: Coronado 25 Posts: 7	I found one in Seattle on a beach in Elliot Bay! I think it was a practical joke or just really sad because the note was written in crayon and it said "My daddy takes me on the boat but all we do is go to hooters". There is a hooters on lake Union in Seattle where you can moor your boat and go inside to eat. I think it was a prank because I can't imagine a bottle making it through the Ballard Locks...But I had fun finding it! I still have the bottle and use it as a vase.

30-04-2009, 09:12	#38
Mule Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fort Worth Boat: 22 ft Bennington Tritoon, 14.5 Kayak, 34 Mainship Posts: 218	I wonder if I can send the checks to my creditors to pay my bills, after all the check is written and sent, all they gotrta do is cash it. Kindda like the lady whose husband insisted on all his money being placed in his coffin and his widow did it, in check form.

30-04-2009, 15:43	#40
Cadence Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SC Boat: None Posts: 153	It's nice to see a lite hearted forum.

01-05-2009, 15:50	#43
Cadence Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SC Boat: None Posts: 153	Yep, So much for lite hearted.

01-05-2009, 23:08	#45
hugosalt Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Great Neck, N.Y. Boat: Lancer 30, Little Jumps Posts: 128	Many years ago between Japan and Hawaii, several I V bottles from a U S Navy Hospital ship. Never received a response...but felt terrible that after seeing me, several dozen of the ships company did the same. That's a lot of bottles. __________________ hugosalt s/v Little Jumps Lancer 30

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