I said approximately the same things to my non-sailor buddies and they
thought I was being unduly hard on the guy.
I think if you're a non-sailor you have no idea what being out there for
that long will do to your physical health.
You also have no appreciation that a few days of water will not last you for
2 months, no matter how much you ration.

Eg I did a 1,700 nm trip a year ago with plenty of water aboard and I would
say that after 9 days I should have drunk more water and was somewhat
dehydrated.
Imagine as a contrast being seriously short of water and being out there for
60 days not 9.

Just like my non-sailor friends had no appreciation for realities, this guy
seems to have concocted a story for which he had no idea of its feasibility
or likelihood.

Cheers

Steve Hood
S/V Diamond Girl
C&C 34
Lions Head ON




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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 20:10:10 -0400
From: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
To: "'Dennis C.'" <capt...@gmail.com>,  <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Sailor rescued of North Carolina
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It?s hard to tell, Dennis.

 

You?ve been off shore, so you know that strange and wondrous things can
happen. And they seem to happen often to boaters who are basically clueless
idiots.

 

I take the fact that this doofus was out in the Atlantic at that time of
year, in a boat in the reported condition this one was in, as prima fascia
evidence that this guy was a clueless idiot.

 

I?m surprised that, since he was going out for a day or two of fishing, he
had enough provisions and water on his boat to survive for over two months.
It seems a bit incongruous that someone so inexperienced that they don?t
check a long range weather report would have the survival skills he
reportedly exhibited during two months drifting on a boat. I even discount
most of the stuff reported about the incident by the news and on social
media ? most of the sources probably have even less understanding and
experience that the typical poster on Sailing Anarchy.

 

But we know where and when the boat was found, and where and when he says he
went offshore. Let?s be generous and suppose he drifted around in a circle
or two in a 50 mile diameter eddy of the Gulf Stream at say 1/2 knot ? that
accounts for about 4 weeks. Given where he went out, and presuming he stayed
inside the Gulf Stream, with prevailing wind and current he should have
drifted to somewhere between Cape Fear and Cape Lookout in about a week or
so more. Which puts rescue south of the Outer Banks in early March. Now if
he got into the Gulf Stream, with 1 ? to 3 ? knots of current, he should
have been 1500 miles northeast of where he was found, and the British
version of the Coast Guard would have been flying him ashore.

 

I wonder if we won?t hear about a forthcoming book about his experiences
very soon.

 

BTW, thinking of books and being adrift and the fact that you have time to
read for a change, do you recall the amateur sailor who fell off the yacht
in mid-Pacific during the Clipper Around the World race? I think it may have
been just over a year ago. I recently heard that he has released a book,
apparently sponsored in part by the company which made the PLB that allowed
him to be rescued. I believe the title of the book is 179 West after the
longitude where it happened. Sounds like a pretty interesting read.

 

 

Rick Brass

Washington, NC

 

 

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C.
via CnC-List
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 3:19 PM
To: CnClist
Subject: Stus-List Sailor rescued of North Carolina

 

What's the list's take on this guy?

<http://news.yahoo.com/missing-sailor-survived-staying-inside-rationing-1853
16000.html>

Dennis C.

Touche' 35-1 #83

Mandeville, LA

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