Women rescued after months lost at sea

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by Crashj007

My wife wondered what happened to their boat after the rescue? Is it left for salvage or towed along back to harbor? Could the Navy vessel take it aboard? ANyone have a link to more details?

Said in the linked article the boat was left adrift and they hope someone will find and salvage it for them. The article also noted she didn't think it would stay afloat another 24 hours so she was glad she was rescued.

Can't believe these 2 brought those big dogs and didn't have an EPIRB (emergency locator beacon) as they are getting cheap (less than $200). I would have brought a satellite phone also.

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

"distress calls out of range" according to the link in the OP.

"But by two months after leaving Hawaii, they began making distress calls every day, but were out of range for any stations or ships, the Navy said."

on VHF ok.......but satellite phone and EPIRB work off satellites and should have been onboard as mandatory equipment.

[Crashj007]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

<>Navigating that kind of distance without seamanship skills is dangerous and foolish you need more then a years worth of granola bars and 3 dogs....

The dogs were emergency rations?

[Crashj007]

All of these questions, and more, will be answered when the book, movie, and TV series comes out. Suggestions for a title?

[Scrat335]

I'm calling bullchit. There's way too much traffic out there for them not to have been picked up.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Jaggy001

I was onboard Seabourn Odyssey when we rescued three Samoan fishermen.

Their boat was left adrift as there was no way of bringing it onboard or towing it.

https://blog.seabourn.com/seabourn-o...-largest-ocean

I've heard of some military vessels actually sinking them if they're a hazard near shipping lanes etc.

[Mathguy]

I have to admit I'm firmly in the camp of them either being incredibly ill-prepared or some sort of stunt.

Many people have undertaken trips like this and to not have basic equipment like others have pointed out is mindboggling.

[Crashj007]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

I have to admit I'm firmly in the camp of them either being incredibly ill-prepared or some sort of stunt.
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People are out sailing the open waters of the Pacific all the time.
They had rations for a year and a desalinator. Why no EPIRB and SatPhone?

[don1945]

Originally Posted by GER308

Massive incompetence, their boat could have easily been jury rigged and been sailed albeit slowly but safely to land.

Yep. I am in the marine industry, and skilled sailors are resourceful and would have been able to get some sort of sail working. The mast looked fine in the pictures, and they said the spreader failed, but that can be jury rigged. The spreader allows you to put more pressure on the mast, but they could have run less sail, or done something........especially with 5 months time on your hands.

Also, was no one missing them ? Didn't they leave a float plan with friends or relatives to let them know where they were going and how long it should take ? And what about the Epirb? That should have been able to get a message sent. (and what 50 footer doesn't have an Epirb ?)

They and the dogs look way too healthy for 5 months adrift, even if you did have rations. Looks like someone is trying for a book and movie. I bet more comes out on this later on.

[jetgraphics]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

I disagree they weren't prepared. They were on a sail boat, the mast was intact why did they not use the sail? If there was a problem with the internal lines they could have rigged it manually. Navigation, did they not know how to manually navigate if their electronics were lost? Why didn't they have an emergency EPIRB or other SOS device? Navigating that kind of distance without seamanship skills is dangerous and foolish you need more then a years worth of granola bars and 3 dogs....

"Broken motor" on a sailboat?
Were they unable to hoist a sail without powered winches?
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