1130 21.325 South Atlantic Roundtable D
SATL tfc, also 2330Z PY1ZAK
I have only seen this picture once before today (22/01/2009) and that was in Peters own cottage on Ilha Grande.
Ocean Planet,an Endurance 37,a design by Peter Ibold,with the island of Ilha Grande in the background.
The Peter Ibold designed,Endurance 37,Ocean Planet (tal gal) at anchor at Peters place,Ilha Grande,Brasil.
A tranquil anchorage.
Alan Butler,Peter Thurridl,Roy McBride,probably a rare picture of PY1ZAK Peter?
Left click on the picture to view full size.
A message card from Peter,it is not dated but was back in 1978?,so thirty years past.
I am assuming that Peter is no longer with us,if he is he will be getting on a bit now,I have searched for him on the internet and found nothing this far.This blog may put that part right,I had the pleasure to meet Peter on a number of occasions,the first time was when my good friend Alan Butler joined me on a voyage from Rio's Marina Gloria on a sail down south to Isla Grand,a distance of around 60 sea miles,which is ok in one trip,very little breeze exists on that stretch of the Brasilian coast line,so good use of the BMW/Hatz D35 diesel engine took place,as you enter the sheltered waters of Ilha Grand,Peters place is (was) second beach on the left hand side.
Peter actually owned the parcel of land in the picture,his home was the cottage at the right rear of the plot,you can just view it if you look closely,the land stretched all the way across that nek of the island of Ilha Grande and right across the the long beach on the South Atlantic side.Peter ran his ham radio twice a day,due to the nature and position of his cottage,it was very low down and in a hollow,he had his Ham Shack high up on an open hill to the right of the picture,he would drive up in his VW Beetle Jeep,plug in to a small bank of 12 volts batteries,switch on and broadcast world wide,we were fortunate to accompany him once or twice.The QSL card he gave me is now a collectors item,I am told I need to frame it,so its time to make a frame in and display it in Peters memory.
This was sent to me as a link from Mark of the OCC,I have in turn sent the link
to PY1ZAK to VU2ZAP
Sez ZD7CW Julian of Peter
I was sorry to hear about Peter. It appears that he was quite a fellow in more ways than one. I was told he had a pet Monkey and lived on a Prison Island. The story I was told by some yachties went on that he was a fearsome six foot eight tall and if you arrived uninvited he was likely to greet you on the beach in shorts and waving a Luger absently in your general direction, would ask who you were, where from and offering to put an end to all your worries unless you returned thence 'expiditio'. He had at last succumbed to the womanly wiles, all the ladies said he was a handsome devil. I heard a lot of this when I was helping with the Durban Maritime Mobile Net and evidently if you were a radio ham and called at his island he was a really gracious and intelligent host. The gun was put away and mucho drinko flowed down ones gullet and tall stories were exchanged with much laughter well into the night.
May folks like us remember him fondly and that with our thoughts and wishes he goes to his rest in peace!
If you have a photo of Peter please email it to me. If you would like to add to this please email mailto:ggrk@vsnl.com Raj VU2ZAP
A very nice write up on Peter! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI visited "Peter's Island" in 1982 as a child of 9 whilst travelling with my family on yacht Robust.
ReplyDeleteWe had heard about Peter from other yachties and were very excited to visit.
When you anchored in the bay, Peter would let you kow if you were welcome ashore by hoisting the national flag of your boat up a palm tree. We were sad to find out that his monkey had recently died, but he did have some ducks which seemed quite at home swimming in the sea water!
Peter was a warm and freindly host. He told many stories and roasted peanuts for us kids. We would all go ashore and have sundowners and lather ourselves in insect repellent. The dinghy ride back to the boat late in the evening was always very special, as there was phopherescence in the wake of the outboard motor and the adults were usually pretty boisterous and giggly.
At one stage I can remember 4-5 boats being anchored there at the same time and there were some pretty good parties.
I'm sure we have lots of photos of his island and the bay, but not sure if there are any of the man himself. I'll have a dig around and see if I can find some in my parents' albums.
Is Peter still alive?
Unfortunately, no. Peter has passed away a couple of years back, guess not long after your visit. Used to frequent his anchorage, but since it changed hands... Cheers, Henk.
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