Hi, I came across this article in Cruising Compass about a stolen C&C 35 whose EPRIB last reported its location in the eye of a hurricane. I include the associated link for additional reading.
The linked article is an interesting and somber read. For example, the boat owner describes his initial conversation with the coast guard, "They told me that my personal locator beacon had been activated and was showing a position in the middle of hurricane Larry, … They asked me if that seemed at all reasonable and I said, no, it doesn’t. It should be on the boat and the boat should be happily tied up at the Armdale Yacht Club.” The article get even more bizarre by mentioning the suspect as a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster Certificate holder and drug smuggler who was earlier arrested on a burning sailboat with over 500 kg of cocaine off the coast of Nova Scotia and who later escaped police custody while at a hospital. I hope both the vessel and the drug smuggling boat thief survive. I would love to watch the movie with a happy ending. Stolen Yacht Disappears in Hurricane Larry https://boatwatch.org/current-watches/bolo-sv-secret-plans-stolen-from-halifax-harbor-canada-sets-off-plb-in-eye-of-hurricane-larry/ <https://boatwatch.org/current-watches/bolo-sv-secret-plans-stolen-from-halifax-harbor-canada-sets-off-plb-in-eye-of-hurricane-larry/> - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Fort Walton Beach, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
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