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66 DAYSA TRUE ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS*******A LOVE STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING :6/16/2008 1 66 DAYSA TRUE ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH SEAS*******A LOVE STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING
66 DAYS :6/16/2008 2 66 DAYS FOLLOW HOW
ONE WOMAN AND ONE MAN…
LOST IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE
PACIFIC OCEAN
SURVIVED UNSURMOUNTABLE ODDS
HERE IS HOW IT ALL STARTED :6/16/2008 3 HERE IS HOW IT ALL STARTED Bill and Simonne Butler set off to
Circumnavigate the world
In their 39 foot sailboat
Siboney
Named after the
Cuban Love song
Siboney :6/16/2008 4 Siboney Here’s the last picture of Siboney taken as she departed the Exuma Islands on April 29, 1989 bound for the Panama Canal.
Slide 5 :6/16/2008 5
Siboney sailed from Miami through the Bajamas to the Panama Canal :6/16/2008 6 Siboney sailed from Miami through the Bajamas to the Panama Canal 1200 NAUTICAL MILES OUT OF PANAMA
ON A DARK WINDY NIGHT HUNDREDS OF PILOT WHALES CONFUSED SIBONEY
WITH A LARGE WHALE
AN INTRUDER IN THEIR POD
A MENACE TO THEIR YOUNG
AND THEY GAVE THE ORDER
TO KILL
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66 DAYSDOZENS OF WHALES POUNDED THE HULL :6/16/2008 8 66 DAYSDOZENS OF WHALES POUNDED THE HULL
Slide 9 :6/16/2008 9
66 DAYS :6/16/2008 10 66 DAYS WHALES BASHED THE HULL
ONE KNOCKED SIBONEY ON ITS BEAMS END
SIMONNE SCREAMED FROM BELOW
WATER!! WATER!! WATER!!
30 MINUTES LATER WE HOPPED INTO
A 6 FOOT PLASTIC RAFT
THIS WAS TO BE OUR HOME FOR
THE NEXT 66 DAYS
AND NIGHTS
Slide 11 :6/16/2008 11
66 DAYS :6/16/2008 12 66 DAYS FOR 66 DAYS AND NIGHTS WE FACED
HUGE THUNDERING WAVES
CONTINUOUS SHARK ATTACKS
LIGHTNING
PASSING SHIPS
A DAMAGED RAFT
LACK OF FOOD
CERTAIN DEATH
THIS STORY WILL REMAIN 100% TRUE AND CAPTIVATE ALL WITH :6/16/2008 13 THIS STORY WILL REMAIN 100% TRUE AND CAPTIVATE ALL WITH Love & drama ala AFRICAN QUEEN
Marine Action akin to JAWS
Violence at sea ala PERFECT STORM
Natural Beauty per NATURE
Plus how the Lord sent a helping hand at the neediest possible moments
HELP ME PUT THIS EPIC-TO-BEON FILM :6/16/2008 14 HELP ME PUT THIS EPIC-TO-BEON FILM JOIN THE TEAM
66 DAYS :6/16/2008 15 66 DAYS For full details on how to become a
TEAM MEMBER
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JOIN THE TEAM
THANKS
Bill Butler
66 DAYS :6/16/2008 16 66 DAYS Bill Butler shipwrecked two other times.. Read about it here
www.wbutler.com
Plus logs of nearly 80,000 miles of adventure on the high seas
And if you would like to contact me:
wbutler@wbutler.com
Best wishes… Bill Butler
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