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Sailors who say they were lost at sea for SIX MONTHS never used their emergency beacon [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 31, 2017 | Staff

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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These two might have faked their experience for 15 minutes of fame.
1 posted on 10/31/2017 5:23:46 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Lost in love?

Or didn’t know how to turn the beacon on?


2 posted on 10/31/2017 5:25:28 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: C19fan

I smelled something fishy!


3 posted on 10/31/2017 5:26:02 AM PDT by BOOHA
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To: C19fan

The story was so bad that it felt as if it had originated in CNN’s news authoring department (sign on door: Fake News when you want it).


4 posted on 10/31/2017 5:26:50 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: C19fan

They packed enough food for themselves and their dogs for a year, I’ve read. They were planning on being adrift. Fame seekers even if apparent idiocy is the source? Planning on writing a book? Trump haters gone off the deep end? Nutty lesbians with more confidence than sense? All four?


5 posted on 10/31/2017 5:29:14 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: C19fan

The story had a lot of loose ends. The sail seemed intact.

They had no idea of where they were. Maybe they were completely incompetent, maybe there is more to it.


6 posted on 10/31/2017 5:31:32 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: C19fan

After 6 months lost at sea, I’d like to know how they look so “healthy”? You’d think they’d be a little emaciated. I thought BS immediately.


7 posted on 10/31/2017 5:32:29 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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Reminds me of that Far Side cartoon where the rescuers from a ship look into a lifeboat to see a happy and healthy dog wagging its tail with a hat, watch and pair of glasses next to it: "Hey boy! How ya doin'?...Look at him, Dan. Poor guy's been floating out here for days but he's still just as fat and happy as ever!"
8 posted on 10/31/2017 5:37:23 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: BOOHA

Ugh!


9 posted on 10/31/2017 5:38:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: C19fan

I read they were eating a lot of tuna...


10 posted on 10/31/2017 5:38:22 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: marktwain

My first thought was to look at a map. Not even a nautical chart, just a map. They would have realized that if they pointed the boat any direction and set the sails, chances were very high they would hit something called Land.

They could go south too, but the land is pretty icy, unless Al Gore gets his way really quickly.


11 posted on 10/31/2017 5:38:38 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: deweyfrank

I agree. That was also my first thought. I’ve seen a few photo’s of castaways when they were rescued and they look pretty gaunt and their clothes are not bright and clean. The barnacles or whatever they were on the hull of the boat seemed legit though.


12 posted on 10/31/2017 5:40:39 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: BOOHA

I bet you do.


13 posted on 10/31/2017 5:41:30 AM PDT by Portcall24
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Nautical neophyte Tasha knew only what Skipper Lesbo told her. Sounds everything like someone got Shanghaied.


14 posted on 10/31/2017 5:41:52 AM PDT by Orbiter
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Quote: "...We were empowered to know that we could withstand the forces of nature..."

Okay. I am firmly in the 15 minutes of fame camp here.

15 posted on 10/31/2017 5:42:32 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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After 6 months lost at sea, I’d like to know how they look so “healthy”?
Agree. In fact, I thought there was a reporting mistake and they were only gone six weeks.
16 posted on 10/31/2017 5:43:16 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: C19fan

But their boat was deemed “unsea-worthy”. If they damaged the vessel on purpose it should have been obvious.


17 posted on 10/31/2017 5:43:17 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Probably those four and more.


18 posted on 10/31/2017 5:44:05 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: akalinin

Oh, that’s rich.


19 posted on 10/31/2017 5:44:11 AM PDT by Orbiter
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To: cyclotic

My first thought was to look at a map. Not even a nautical chart, just a map. They would have realized that if they pointed the boat any direction and set the sails, chances were very high they would hit something called Land.


Maybe they are just world class procrastinators:

We will set a sail, tomorrow, sometime.

I was going to look at a compass, but it is too dark now, maybe tomorrow.

I suppose I should look at a map or chart, but I haven’t finished the novel I am reading for the 11th time.


20 posted on 10/31/2017 5:44:15 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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