Two Women and Two Dogs rescued at sea

[u079721]

So everyone's probably seen the story by now of the two women with two dogs who were just rescued at sea a few hundred miles off the coast of Japan. They had set sail from Hawaii for Tahiti, but along the way their engine was disabled, and then their "mast broke", and they ended up drifting for months. Fortunately they had a water maker and plenty of dry storage food aboard.

But the photos of the boat show the mast still standing, with the main furled on the boom, and a genny furled around the forestay. So my first thought was why didn't they just sail somewhere? I'm guessing there must be more to the story, but we've all heard dozens of tales of singlehanders who have been dismasted and then rigged a stump of a mast and a jury rig to sail back to civilization. So why didn't this crew?

 

[u079721]

Much more info in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2hR3AKhQY

 

[alcodiesel]

Do I see steps on the mast? Seems like they could have been climbed in a calm to fix the spreader "root."

Skark attack. I can't listen any more.

 

[u079721]

Do I see steps on the mast? Seems like they could have been climbed in a calm to fix the spreader "root."

Skark attack. I can't listen any more.

It's great fun to read the many comments below that YouTube video. I haven't heard a sea story as full of holes as this one since I watched that wretched "All is Lost". Who goes to sea with a Geiger counter but no EPIRB?

 

[Timsb]

And in 5 months you couldn't bail the water out . No manual pump, no buckets?

 

[Rick R.]

It's now reported that they didn't activate the EPIRB they had.

Something smells fishy.

 

[u079721]

Even the Huffington Post has an article calling BS.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...e38e4b046017faf0645?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

 

[Jeff Asbury]

amusing (blog) article

And then there's this very amusing (blog) article.

https://unreasonablydangerousonionr...s-this-survival-story-smells-fishy/#more-2628

 

[Loren Beach]

Bogus Emergency, indeed

And then there's this very amusing (blog) article.

https://unreasonablydangerousonionr...s-this-survival-story-smells-fishy/#more-2628

Oh My -- that is well written and researched.
Thanks for the link!!

 

[Jeff Asbury]

Oh My -- that is well written and researched.
Thanks for the link!!

The best summary and speculation yet. Glad you liked it. Time will tell.

 

[u079721]

So it's been a couple of months since this circus, and I can't recall hearing any updates at all. Do they have a book deal? Movie of the week? Were they on Ellen yet?

Or did everyone realize there was something mighty fishy about the whole thing?