his friend had and he got to keep Serious contenders should contact
the cash! Fossett was subsequently Mark Featherstone mwfeatherstone@
declared dead. Physical remains have aol.com
now confirmed this.
This boat has the same dimensions,
'Cheyenne,' the 125 ft Morrelli & Melvin construction and basic layout. Main
designed maxi-catamaran has been differences will be wood trim in lieu of
unofficially up for sale ever since. This carbon fiber, granite counter surfaces,
year she was formally advertised. The wood tabletops and wood cabin soles.
asking price is one million US dollars
and while her current set-up is to be Both of these boats will be very fast,
a support vessel for a mini one-man high performance ocean cruisers. Both
submarine or film long distance yacht owners share the same passion for
races, Featherstone says that she could being weight and energy conscious
easily be reconfigured back to sail. and at the same time are ecologically
The deck would need to be cut away minded. The interior accommodations
and a new platform installed for a new are to be simple, functional yet elegant
high tech rig, rigging and sail inventory. in appointment and styling.
A Disney moment! Filming ‘Morning
Light’ in the sunrise - morning light!
A mere 3 months after the boat
successfully returned from Hawaii in its
role as film-platform for the Transpac
race, Steve Fossett went out flying
by himself and did not return. He did
not submit a flight plan, although it
is thought that he went looking for
suitable areas to test his 800 m.p.h
car capable of breaking the land-
speed record. The largest, most
expensive search and rescue operation
was undertaken with 12 helicopters
deployed each carrying a pilot and
3 observers, flying 10 hours per day.
Volunteers, friends, family, anyone who
knew Steve and people from the local
area were enlisted. 'Steve touched an
awful lot of people's lives,' explained
Mark. In the course of the search, 3
unknown wrecks and 10 known wrecks
were located. Mark Featherstone was in
one of the helicopters that came across
plane wreckage. 'The pilot went down
and dropped me off to investigate. It
was a meadow on a high mountain
plateau, it was lush, very green with
some 10 " long grass. It felt really
eerie and very silent, I was relieved
to discover the crash site was not
Steve's.’
A year later a hiker found $1200 in
cash, in 100 and 20 dollar bills on the
ground near Mammoth Lakes. From
Steve Fossett (left) with Mark Featherstone and a headboard car for the mainsail
among the pine needles he also picked
up a driver's license. The driver's
license pictured Steve Fossett. While
the hiker hadn't heard of Steve Fossett,
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