Posted on 10/31/2017 5:23:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Questions have been raised over the story of two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea for six months - after it emerged they never activated their emergency beacon, sailed past an inhabited island and were caught in a seemingly non-existent storm. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fiava were rescued by the US Navy 900 miles southeast of Japan last Wednesday after setting sail from Hawaii on May 3. They told a harrowing tale of survival after their rescue, but many of their claims have now been called into question including:
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It was sixe weeks and I believe it. They were morons.
Emergency beacons not used is a bit of an odd thing but some people believe using them costs massive money. So, I can see why they might not have used it.
“Had no idea where they were” went out the window circa 1990, plus or minus.
That’s how long I’ve had a handheld GPS with 4 AA batteries inside.
Their story does not add up on many levels.
Even if they could not raise their mainsail due to a lost halyard (any ocean sailors should be able to remedy this in an hour) their roller-furling jib on the bow is entirely intact and ready to unfurl and get them sailing.
Unless they were just 100% clueless morons who took out a sailboat without knowing how to sail, depending 100% on the engine for propulsion.
Their story is absurd, many lies are being told, otherwise, they are literally morons who should be living in a care facility with close supervision.
No GPS? Roller furling jib ready to go, even if the main is not? WTF? Their story does not add up. They are asking us to believe the moon is made of green cheese. Unless they are literal morons who inherited a boat.
Agreed.
It should be amusing when they start doing interviews when they get ashore.
Maybe their strategy will be only to give interviews together, as a team.
After seeing them I’m going with Option B.
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They will go on Ellen, and be treated as heroes and the greatest sailors ever.
Unless they are literal morons who inherited a boat.
Did they buy the boat there? Rent it? Is there no one in Hawaii who knows anything about it?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Six months is a long time to read Sailing for Dummies and to practice using trial and error.
I’m not a sailor, but I have sailed. At the end of the day, it ain’t that hard.
One would think they would be a whole lot darker unless they were wearing burgas. Just looking at pics....Whitye person looks like a dude.
More Hawaiian trash.
“I read they were eating a lot of tuna...”
And clams...
What difference does it make!
Neither they nor their dogs looked in the least like they had spent six months adrift at sea.
This “story” was questionable from the beginning.
“Unless they are literal morons who inherited a boat.”
In this day, I can see it.
I know a rich moron who bought a boat (well, mommy bought it for him), so he and his girlfriend could sail to the middle east. They made it to Jamaica and got robbed. Came back for a few months, then left again direct across the Atlantic. Long story short: I cannot believe they are still alive. Robbed multiple times, broken sails, smashed boat on shallows in Mediterranean, flew home. Dumb as dumb could be.
“After 6 months lost at sea, I’d like to know how they look so “healthy”? “
Original story said they were rescued along with two dogs. It did not say how many dogs they started out with.
,,,what is this thing on my car engine that says 710....?
““Had no idea where they were” went out the window circa 1990, plus or minus.”
That’s the hard to believe part. No GPS? Liberals like them LOVE technology. Hell, Garmin made a fortune selling GPS devices to liberals.
The only explanation is if they were the arrogant “natural” liberals that thought technology is against their religion and wanted to “sail by the stars”, only to find out they didn’t know how.
I know a few liberals like that. Morons. They get lost and love it.
I heard one of them lost 70 lbs. I wondered which one.
One of them said “another 24 hours and we would have been dead” and we see two women standing, hugging. Shouldn’t a rescue person say that? When people are about to die, they’re usually horizontal and barely responsive.
Story is bunk.
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