Polish Kiter missing on Red Sea

marlboroughman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:12 pm **Posts:** 821

I got it using this:http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html input into decimal boxes. He moved east quite a bit. Looks like he is 2/3 of the way to Saudi Arabia.

marlboroughman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:12 pm **Posts:** 821

It looks like he used the kite during the day.

nekwan · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:09 pm

have just had an update, Janek's current SARSAT position confirmed, he's still alive !!!!!!! 31 hours after he sent his first 911 HELP signal, bloody miracle, now fuckin Saudis get there ASAP !!!

nekwan · **Posted:** Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:23 pm

marlboroughman wrote:

It looks like he used the kite during the day.

Indeed he must have fixed his kite / managed to find his board and started to sail for 61 minutes before he sent another 911 HELP at 13:40:04 http://masterkiteboarding.com/index/redseacross.php. Now he's drifting downwind, anyone who has detailed and up to date wind directions ( vessels, weather stations ) for the area please post it here as general marine forecasts say N - NW but from what we see it is not that clear

marlboroughman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:12 pm **Posts:** 821

Looks like nice day tomorrow there, but not much wind. http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/62460.html

Bille · **Joined:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 960

This is :
DRAMA at it's Best !!

& Really Nice to see Everyone Pulling for the Guy !!!!!!
Hope he makes it ...

Bille

nekwan · **Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:09 am

this is not a drama,this is Jan Lisewski fighting for his life,

robertovillate · **Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:37 am

nekwan,

I know this is a very sensitive issue, but don't think Bille meant anything disrespectful and I'm sure he's praying hard as anyyone else for your friend.

It sounds like Jan was well prepared and is doing his best out there, so we should all just keep thinking in a positive way.

Hopefully the Polish government can/or has stepped in to help or influence a more thorough and swift rescue effort. I would not hesitate to notify the US Navy as I am sure they have infrared detection for night search. (There are probably other EU warships in the area as well and they should be pressured to step up the search).

SBBeachbum · **Joined:** Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:54 pm **Posts:** 735

I really, really hope for a positive outcome for Jan.

That being said, the current situation shows that he was not well prepared. I hope he lives and can learn from it.

marlboroughman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:12 pm **Posts:** 821

SBBeachbum wrote:

I really, really hope for a positive outcome for Jan.

That being said, the current situation shows that he was not well prepared. I hope he lives and can learn from it.

This is his second night at sea. How much better can you prepare? he is wearing a suit, sending GPS singnals relaunching kite during the day. What? the wind died how can you predict that. Escort? Even at America's Cup sailors die nobody has a budget to follow everybody to the sea.

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