Posted on 04/23/2016 12:59:08 PM PDT by PROCON
The boat belonging to two teenagers who went missing off the coast of Florida during a fishing trip last year was discovered off Bermuda nearly eight months after they vanished, authorities said Saturday.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said the 19-foot single-engine boat that Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, sailed off the coast of Jupiter on July 24 was found by a Norwegian supply boat on March 18 while on the way to Norway. The vessel was discovered about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda, or about 1,000 miles from where Stephanos and Cohen were last seen before setting off on their fishing trip.
An iPhone and a tackle box were found on the teens' recovered boat, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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It would be a huge long shot if the boys somehow, were still alive.
Near Bermuda with the 13 plus foot waves is a bitch.
I figured it would turn up off County Cork, Ireland, given the course of the Gulf Stream.
wow
Why did they report the boat was found months ago? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3316896/posts
Carry a beacon. Carry provisions and tools. Stay with the boat.
From the newer article : “Coast Guard had initially located the teens’ boat, capsized, two days after they went missing, but when a salvage crew returned 12 hours later to secure the boat, it was gone.”
I worked for a marine scientist when I was in college. He spent several weeks each year in a ship at sea out of sight of land near the Bahamas. He said that almost every time he was out somebody would come by in a skiff or tiny boat and ask which way was Florida. Most didn’t even have a compass. I thought he was overstating or pulling my leg but the grad students with him verified the story.
I could do that on land. In the middle of the ocean...not so much.
Thank you very much for the info.
Too many people rely on battery powered gadgets, thinking they will still work when the my need them in an emergency.
Batteries are the bane of modern existance.
Bermuda Triangle?
Don’t go out into a major storm while in a small boat.
Whats the proper name for a Greek with an Afro ?
AFREEK ??
Those kinda people don’t have a GPS let alone need batteries. It’s amazing that more people don’t die.
El Faro....Way too small...
We all come from a long, long line of survivors....
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