Ok - it seems like the funds are still there.

I've just sent another 1,000HVC to the wallet: http://heavycoinnews.com/files/wallet.rar

First person to guess the passphrase is free to raid the funds.

The clue for the passphrase is: "a word that is 45.72 centimeters long"
To confirm, the phrase is not "cubit". It is one word, but it is more than twice the number of letters.

Original post with all information and warnings:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=506774.msg7165209#msg7165209

Cheers,
M