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Page 1 Search Suspended
Page 3 About the Nina
Page 4 Dyche Family Page
Page 5 Evi Nemeth
Page 6 Matt Wooton
Page 7 Kyle Jackson
Page 8 Danielle Wright
Page 9 RCCNZ
Page 10 To the Families and Friends
Page 11 What Went Wrong
Page 12 Last Message From Nina Crew
Page 13 New Search For Nina And Crew
Page 14 Family Anxious For New Search To Begin
Page 15 RCCNZ Less Than Cooperative in New Nina Search
Page 16 Third Day Of Private Search Under Way
Page 18 Equusearch Seeks Satellite SpecialistPage 19 A New Generation of Cooperation
Page 20 Wild Speculation No Help
Page 21 Sailboat Washes Up On Beach
Page 22 Nina Fund
Page 23 Nina Makes Prime Time
Page 24 Kyle Jackson, Hiya Mom!
Page 25 U.S. Coast Guard Endangers Lives of Nina 7
Page 26 Equusearch, Nina Families, Ask For Help
Page 27 Apathy From US Officials
Page 28 Families Seek More Funding
Page 29 Standing Up To Uncle Sam
Page 30 Possible New Location of Nina
Page 31 Reason For Hope Rescue After 76 Days At Sea
Page 32 Breaking News Delayed, TES Profile
Page 33 Positive Despite The Negatives
Page 30 Possible New Location of Nina
Page 31 Reason For Hope Rescue After 76 Days At Sea
Page 32 Breaking News Delayed, TES Profile
Page 33 Positive Despite The Negatives
Page 34 Tomnod Saves Lives
Page 35 Holding
Page 36 Tasman Takes Two
Page 36 Tasman Takes Two
Page 37 91 Days Lost At Sea
Wright Family Convinced Yacht Is Still Afloat
The family of Danielle Wright, the 19 year old sailor and diver who is one of 7 crew missing on the schooner Nina, says they are not giving up. The 1928 schooner disappeared on June 4th, 2013 on it's way to Australia and has not been heard from since.
"We still believe that Nina is either drifting or the crew are in a life boat," said Robin G. Wright, Daniel Wright's mother.
The Wrights have a good foundation for their optimism about the survival of the Nina. They have years of sailing experience. They understand what happens when a yacht settles to the bottom of the ocean. Things float up. There is a debris field. Something nearly always can be found.
"(Ricky is) the bulldog that just won't accept New Zealand's conclusion that the boat sank so fast, nothing even floated out," Robin continued. "(We don't believe) that she (the Nina) vanished without a trace, without time to set off the emergency device. We don't buy it."
On July 5th, RCC NZ called off the search for the missing yacht. They speculated the yacht suffered a catastrophic event so fast the crew had no time to set off it's Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB). Under RCC NZ's theory, the crew did not have time to set off the on-board Spot tracking location device or even make a frantic call on the satellite cell phone.
The Wrights have begun a new search for the Schooner Nina. They have contracted with the non-profit organization Equusearch, an organization which searches for missing people from around the globe.
"(The search will be) closer to the coast of Australia between Sydney and New Castle, area that was never searched," Robin Wright said.
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It is not unusual for family members to pool funds and launch a private search once the authorities have called it quits. The families of the yacht Grain de Soleil, for example, funded and launched their own search earlier this year when the EPIRB aboard the French yacht was activated.
Danielle Wright learned her sailing skills from her parents. The family has lived on their yacht periodically.
"Our family of 3 took a year sabbatical from May 2009 to July 2010 to live aboard our 36' Catamaran Allwaysunday, a boat we sold ironically to a man who shipped the boat to New Zealand."
Danielle Wright boarded Nina after 17 year old David Dyche invited her to spend the summer sailing on the historic schooner from New Zealand to Australia. The cost of the tickets to fly to the embarkation site was a birthday present from Danielle's parents, who met the Dyche family while cruising.
How much will a search cost?
"We believe Danielle and crew are safe, probably in a lifeboat, about 100 miles off the coast of Australia between Sydney and New Castle. That is where Ricky wanted NZ to search from the beginning, but they never agreed with his reasoning. They were only looking for wreckage, or lifeboats drifting back towards NZ." Robin Wright said.
How much will a search cost?
"To search this area will take one plane at least 7 days at $20,000 day. Our finds will be depleted within days, so we really need to get the word out to people around the world who want to help us with a donation." says Danielle Wright."
While Equusearch is a non-profit organization, it does not mean the search is without cost. In fact, the search is going to be expensive. Donations are requested to help off-set the cost of leasing an aircraft capable of over-ocean, long distance flights. The organization is optimistic the authorities will lend specialized aircraft if Equusearch pays for fuel. That is a bargain, considering a PC3 runs about $36 million, new. The cost of fuel is still significant at over $1,640 per hour to operate.
Donations can be made to:
Help us help the families by making a donation today:
Office: (281) 309-9500
Fax: (281) 534-6719
Toll Free: (877) 270-9500
Or use PayPal or Credit Card: http://texasequusearch.org/2013/07/tes-sv-nina-search/
Or, mail checks directly to:
c/o Amegy Bank
215 FM 517 Road West
Attention: Ms. Alicia White
(281) 337-9390
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