Comments on: The Crazy Frenchman of Portobelo http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/ The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: So you think you have problems with your neighbours? - SailNet Community http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-27389 So you think you have problems with your neighbours? - SailNet Community Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:51:57 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-27389 [...] [...] [...] [...]

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]]> By: Derek http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-10562 Derek Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:47:17 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-10562 yeehaa, cool story as usual from yee. When celticdancer arrived a bit before that I sailed by the frenchman and he was shouting about how crazy he was then I shouted back about me being crazy Irish so then he smiled yeehaa Its great though that he is out of the picture but hope he is not just gone to San Blas Hi to you two Derek in Kazakhstan and Zory in mexico Yeehaa yeehaa, cool story as usual from yee. When celticdancer arrived a bit before that I sailed by the frenchman and he was shouting about how crazy he was then I shouted back about me being crazy Irish so then he smiled yeehaa
Its great though that he is out of the picture but hope he is not just gone to San Blas
Hi to you two
Derek in Kazakhstan and Zory in mexico
Yeehaa

]]> By: sean http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-9494 sean Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:58:08 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-9494 1. Great story!! 2. I finally found your blog. Not sure if you remember me, but I had dinner on your boat in Turtle Bay, Baja. I was one of the crew aboard the Bogtrodder. Anyway. We ended getting off the boat in Cabo 'cuz that guy Tim was, well, a real prick. We couldn't stand him after about a month. So... we parted ways a few days after you guys came through for a moment and waved goodbye. 3. I've been back in So. California for a year or so and I'm working on buying my Dad's Catalina 36 and sailing it around the world. That won't be for another couple years. 4. Awesome to know you guys are still out there!!! 1. Great story!!

2. I finally found your blog. Not sure if you remember me, but I had dinner on your boat in Turtle Bay, Baja. I was one of the crew aboard the Bogtrodder. Anyway. We ended getting off the boat in Cabo ‘cuz that guy Tim was, well, a real prick. We couldn’t stand him after about a month. So… we parted ways a few days after you guys came through for a moment and waved goodbye.

3. I’ve been back in So. California for a year or so and I’m working on buying my Dad’s Catalina 36 and sailing it around the world. That won’t be for another couple years.

4. Awesome to know you guys are still out there!!!

]]> By: schooner http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 schooner Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:27:08 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-4032 Be sure that every french man possessing a Amel yacht (I'm one of these) is not as fool as this one ! Be sure that every french man possessing a Amel yacht (I’m one of these) is not as fool as this one !

]]> By: cheyenne http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-3743 cheyenne Thu, 24 May 2007 16:37:00 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-3743 The Crazy Frenchman of Portobelo posting generated a lot of traffic, especially after Latitude 38 linked to the story from their site. Here's a little more information about the guy and his boat, generously peppered with plenty of boater rumor, of course. The boat is a 53-foot Amel (model "Super Maramu") named "Filao II." The Crazy Frenchman himself has a name and it is Lucas (Luc) Herbert. Triton, who was rumored in Portobelo to be Mel Gibson's yacht (the story was that he was researching locations for a new movie about Balboa), is not actually Mel Gibson's yacht; rather, some other famous Hollywood type's yacht. The folks from Triton said that night, the Frenchman threw a bottle of gasoline on the hull, then tried to light it with flares. We also hear that the Frenchman did not actually end up being sent back to France after he was arrested (although I do not know where he has been kept) and that his family wants to pay for his fines. The Crazy Frenchman of Portobelo posting generated a lot of traffic, especially after Latitude 38 linked to the story from their site. Here’s a little more information about the guy and his boat, generously peppered with plenty of boater rumor, of course.

The boat is a 53-foot Amel (model “Super Maramu”) named “Filao II.” The Crazy Frenchman himself has a name and it is Lucas (Luc) Herbert. Triton, who was rumored in Portobelo to be Mel Gibson’s yacht (the story was that he was researching locations for a new movie about Balboa), is not actually Mel Gibson’s yacht; rather, some other famous Hollywood type’s yacht. The folks from Triton said that night, the Frenchman threw a bottle of gasoline on the hull, then tried to light it with flares. We also hear that the Frenchman did not actually end up being sent back to France after he was arrested (although I do not know where he has been kept) and that his family wants to pay for his fines.

]]> By: Scuttlebutt Europe #1203 - 12 April at Kaizenlog http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 Scuttlebutt Europe #1203 - 12 April at Kaizenlog Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:29:02 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-2845 [...] To read the full story with updates, go to http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234 [...] [...] To read the full story with updates, go to http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234 [...]

]]> By: RisingSlowly http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-2801 RisingSlowly Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:12:43 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-2801 That Roger's a right dick. Tee hee. Still love this story, as do some of me mates. That Roger’s a right dick.

Tee hee. Still love this story, as do some of me mates.

]]> By: cheyenne http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 cheyenne Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:09:38 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-2639 Yes, the guy off the next nearest boat watched him set fire to it before dinghying over to put it out. He had tried to set fire to the blue boat a few days before but ran out of gasoline. He also had set fire to two other boats during the daytime (with owners aboard so that they were put out before the fire could spread to gas cans or propane tanks, etc.). His painter was cut twice while we were there in futile attempts to curb his burning habits (he burned the other two boats via dinghy with gasoline and a flare gun to light it) and never left his boat for any other reason. I think you should contact the Frenchman because he might be looking for a sympathetic lawyer. He also feels he was framed (not for burning boats though, but for the many kilos of drugs that were supposedly planted on the keel of his boat with "invisible nylon strings"). If I were you, I wouldn't waste my time feeling personally sorry for all the criticism going on in the world. I think most people learn it in kindergarten. Yes, the guy off the next nearest boat watched him set fire to it before dinghying over to put it out. He had tried to set fire to the blue boat a few days before but ran out of gasoline. He also had set fire to two other boats during the daytime (with owners aboard so that they were put out before the fire could spread to gas cans or propane tanks, etc.).

His painter was cut twice while we were there in futile attempts to curb his burning habits (he burned the other two boats via dinghy with gasoline and a flare gun to light it) and never left his boat for any other reason. I think you should contact the Frenchman because he might be looking for a sympathetic lawyer. He also feels he was framed (not for burning boats though, but for the many kilos of drugs that were supposedly planted on the keel of his boat with “invisible nylon strings”).

If I were you, I wouldn’t waste my time feeling personally sorry for all the criticism going on in the world. I think most people learn it in kindergarten.

]]> By: Roger http://sv-timemachine.net/2007/03/the-crazy-frenchman-of-portobelo/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Roger Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:21:15 +0000 http://sv-timemachine.net/?p=234#comment-2628 The story is good, but did any one saw him actually putting fire to the boat? Why was his painter being cut every night? Sounds like he may have been framed to me! Sorry to know that people just go around the world criticising like school kids, I would have thought that you would have got this out of your system at kindergarten. The story is good, but did any one saw him actually putting fire to the boat?

Why was his painter being cut every night? Sounds like he may have been framed to me!

Sorry to know that people just go around the world criticising like school kids, I would have thought that you would have got this out of your system at kindergarten.

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