10-31-2017, 07:38
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Lost at Sea,, Maybe??
Anyone following??
When this 1st hit the street, I was leery..
Most mariners, on private yatchets like this one, go to sea with multiple comms, PLUS Emergency Position Indicator Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs). Additionally, satellite phones, that can reach around the world..
1st hind,, too many smiles...
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Women rescued on sailboat had emergency beacon but never used it
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated.
U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) aboard but never turned it on.
When asked if the two had the radio beacon aboard, the women told the AP on Friday they had a number of other communications devices, but they didn’t mention the EPIRB.
The device communicates with satellites and sends locations to authorities. It’s activated when it’s submerged in water or turned on manually.
During the post-incident debriefing by the Coast Guard, Jennifer Appel, who was on the sailboat with Tasha Fuiava, was asked if she had the emergency beacon on board. Appel replied she did, and that it was properly registered.
“We asked why during this course of time did they not activate the EPIRB. She had stated they never felt like they were truly in distress, like in a 24-hour period they were going to die,” said Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle, who was on the call to the AP with Carr.
Carr also said the Coast Guard made radio contact with a vessel that identified itself as the Sea Nymph in June near Tahiti, and the captain said they were not in distress and expected to make land the next morning. That was after the women reportedly lost their engines and sustained damage to their rigging and mast.
Experts say some of the details of the women’s story do not add up.
A retired Coast Guard officer who was responsible for search and rescue operations said that if the women used the emergency beacon, they would have been found.
“If the thing was operational and it was turned on, a signal should have been received very, very quickly that this vessel was in distress,” Phillip R. Johnson said Monday in a telephone interview from Washington state.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/n...never-used-it/
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This is not Mary Ann Summers and Ginger Grant.. 
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10-31-2017, 07:46
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I knew that at least one of them was blonde just from the snippet in the original post and before clicking the link...
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10-31-2017, 08:55
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Imagine if the S.S. Minnow had gone out on their 3-hour tour with a years worth of supplies...
...and an operational locator beacon.
Jonas Grumby must be rolling over in his grave.
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10-31-2017, 10:06
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I was suspicious when I read that a fully functioning sailboat couldn't continue after it's engine failed. It didn't look like a motorsailer.
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10-31-2017, 10:07
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Imagine if the S.S. Minnow had gone out on their 3-hour tour with a years worth of supplies...
...and an operational locator beacon.
Jonas Grumby must be rolling over in his grave.
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LOL... Ahhhh, thanks now I have that stupid Gillian's Island Theme Song stuck in my head....."Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a fateful trip...." Stop, Stop.... 
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10-31-2017, 11:41
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If those two seafaring gals are modern day reboots of Ginger Grant and Mary Ann Summers, then I cannot wait to hear what happened to the rest of the passengers...
...imagine in your head that bill and Hillary take the place of the Thurston and Lovey
...Bernie Sanders could play the professor
...Harvey Weinstein could be the skipper
...John Podesta could be Gilligan
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10-31-2017, 11:54
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Not a sailor
Not a sailor - but looking at the pictures of the boat they still had the mast and main sail.
I've read stories of sailors who lost their mast and were still able to jerry rig a sail that got them to land.
I think they just didn't really want to hit land.
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10-31-2017, 12:10
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Perhaps looking for their 15 minutes of fame or a book/movie deal about their "ordeal at sea."
Bet they voted for Hillary.
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10-31-2017, 12:22
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Originally Posted by Pete
Not a sailor - but looking at the pictures of the boat they still had the mast and main sail.
I've read stories of sailors who lost their mast and were still able to jerry rig a sail that got them to land.
I think they just didn't really want to hit land.
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They had a roller-furled jib, too. They were GTG. Although the Navy crew said that even they had problems handling it. Not sure why.
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10-31-2017, 13:17
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Douse the jib, fly the spinnaker, batten down the hatches, swab the poop deck, we're chockablock with flotsam, I'm givin' 'er all shes got captain...
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10-31-2017, 15:30
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They had a roller-furled jib, too. They were GTG. Although the Navy crew said that even they had problems handling it. Not sure why.
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Aside from the special duty births on the USS Constitution, and posibly summer interns from Annapolis,, who in the USN would know how to sail??
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10-31-2017, 20:41
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...or a book/movie deal about their "ordeal at sea".
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10-31-2017, 21:21
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Aside from the special duty births on the USS Constitution, and posibly summer interns from Annapolis,, who in the USN would know how to sail??
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Good point. The CG probably has better real sailors.
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The story of the SS Box Muncher.
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11-01-2017, 07:35
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