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2017-10-31 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sailors lost at sea for 5 months didn't activate emergency beacon, Coast Guard says

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-31 05:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 EPIRB powerpack was used for something else ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-31 05:59|| 2017-10-31 05:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Can you put 5 months worth of food & water aboard a 50-foot sailboat?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-10-31 06:40|| 2017-10-31 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Jennifer Appel and Natasha "Tasha" Fuiava - Sailing the Pacific, Simon and Schuster.

What's the book about ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-31 06:45|| 2017-10-31 06:45|| Front Page Top

#4
#1 EPIRB powerpack was used for something else ?
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-31 05:59

LOL!!!!

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-10-31 07:55|| 2017-10-31 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 You could store about 6-months worth of food and water on that sized vessel, g(r)om. The water would take up the most space, assuming 2-3 liters a day per person.

You are evil, Besoeker.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-10-31 09:18|| 2017-10-31 09:18|| Front Page Top

#6 A 50 ft sailboat and they do not even have a Satphone?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-10-31 10:13|| 2017-10-31 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 EPIRB powerpack was used for something else ?

Certainly electrofishing.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-31 10:50|| 2017-10-31 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 They also look very healthy to be in such dire straits.

Posted by Chris 2017-10-31 11:00|| 2017-10-31 11:00|| Front Page Top

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