Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

Con-tiki crap. Hokulea is the real deal. Mountain Man via Mercedes October 27, 2017 at 7:16 PM Poor ancient sailors. They all died. They sailed open water in much less vessel/craft than we know. Think Kon-Tiki. tin.man ___

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> > Do I see a book deal with a movie contract in their future? The Life of Pie? A Perfect Becalming? Dumber and Dumberer? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

There is a movie starring Robert Redford, he is on a boat in the middle of the ocean and the movie starts with him waking up in the morning after his boat hit a lost cargo container and tears a hole in the side.  It was a really good movie. On 10/28/2017 10:01 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

Apparently lots of big floatie stuff out there though, you occasionally hear of a boat running into a lost container that is low in the water.  Out in the open ocean that would be a very small risk, but it still happens.  Not sure even having a watch at night could prevent that. Or you could

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

So I am guessing they just left it out there and it’s floating around? Or did they tow it back in? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 28, 2017, at 7:22 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On October 28, 2017 at 12:18 AM fmiser via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

The vast majority of them could navigate, actually. The Polynesian system is still being taught, in fact. Lots of them still vanished, though ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

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> On October 28, 2017 at 12:18 AM fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > Russ wrote: > > > I guess you do that when you don't know how to navigate. > > "Associated Press said the women want to repair the boat and sail > it back to Hawaii." Well, it's either that or

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

Based on the amount of marine growth on the sides of the boat in the photograph, it has the look of having been "out to sea" for a long while. Do I see a book deal with a movie contract in their future? ... "What Happened, Part 2" Perhaps??? On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:18 PM, fmiser via

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> Russ wrote: > I guess you do that when you don't know how to navigate. "Associated Press said the women want to repair the boat and sail it back to Hawaii." Oh my! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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> Dan wrote: > If you’re in or around shipping lanes, you better have a watch. Or radar that will beep if something is out there. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

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Saw an interview with the two "sailors". They supposley  had a year of food supply's on board. I guess you do that when you don't know how to navigate. On Fri,10/27/17 17:16, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: I personally have trouble believing they had 5 months of food aboard for two

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Peter wrote: > And morons take off on the trip all the time without the ability to actually > navigate or find out where they are after a storm. Poor ancient sailors. They all died. They sailed open water in much less vessel/craft than we know. Think Kon-Tiki. tin.man

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No rocks out there, average depth is a couple miles. A few atolls, location well known. Autosailing devices keep the boat on a selected heading, the wind is very constant in direction if not intensity on average, at least when a significant distance from the equator (which is why they are

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There are a number of was to deal wth this: With two (or more) people you can have watches of maybe two or four hours. Sleep and let the windvane (autopilot) steer Lay the boat hove-to so it effectively stops in the water A lot depends on where you are. Out in the middle of the ocean you

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

So I hear about people going on these long trips in sail boats. So a question has entered my mind. Say 2 people are doing a month long trip in a boat and it is night time. Do they just go to sleep and float wherever they drift during the night? Or what? Or so they take turns sleeping with one

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I personally have trouble believing they had 5 months of food aboard for two people and two dogs, all of whom look pretty good. I suspect more like 5 weeks or so, although it's possible they were out there a couple months. Not more. And yes, people are quite stupid. They should have been

Re: [MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, both from Honolulu, had set sail for the Polynesian island of Tahiti in the spring. But their boat's engine died in May after a bout of inclement weather. They pressed on, hoping to make it to land by sail, the Navy said. But they soon found themselves lost. Their

[MBZ] OT: Lost at Sea with too much Crack

Anybody see the story about the two women lost at sea for 5 or 6 months because their engine died. IN A SAIL BOAT I can't believe they were even out there if they were that incompetent. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives