Women rescued on sailboat had emergency beacon but never used it

Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | 10/30/17 | Caleb Jones

[Blue House Sue]

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) aboard but never turned it on.

[Blue House Sue]

Let's just say that I thought there was something fishey about this story.

[albie]

But they made plenty of sammiches for the rescuers! Uh oh. I must be a sexist.

[Red Badger]

There was a reason old time sailors didn’t like women aboard ship.....................

[Responsibility2nd]

Every time I read yet another report on these ditzy gals, I think how they typify a typical woman driver.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I imagine they’ll say that an emergency locator beacon is “racist, white supremacist guy stuff” and they didn’t know how to turn it on or make it work.

[Bob434]

yeah sure they were ‘lost’- maybe they were on their way back from the isle of lesbos?

[Sacajaweau]

I’m looking at the sun tans...musta worn burgas.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Headline should read: “Lesbians Refuse to Turn on Man-Made EPIRB.”

[Sacajaweau]

My brother was a sea captain....Nothing good to say about the females on his ships.

[Sacajaweau]

I looked a little closer....lesbian or trannie??

[marktwain]

They did not want to be found...

[ptsal]

Did they have a well-stock supply of writing tablets for their journal and pre-book documentation?

....gotta be more to the story, but who cares?

[RckyRaCoCo]

I’m your captain, I’m your captain
Though I’m feeling mighty sick

[Blue House Sue]

That was exactly my thought when the story first broke.

They were in great shape when the were ‘found.’

[ptsal]

Wanna visit the South Seas, experienced adverture seeks only...

[ETL]

Women rescued on sailboat had emergency beacon but never used it

[Sacajaweau]

Mother said she never gave up hope....but she never notified anyone either?? A helicopter would have found them easily...

[DIRTYSECRET]

Kinda stupid-wouldn’t you say?

[bgill]

They looked healthy. The dog looked healthy. A sailboat that didn’t sail and now we’re hearing about emergency communications not turned on.

Smells like rotten fish. They both need to be taken in for mental health work ups and be billed for their “rescue.”

[PGR88]

And going out to sea without any back-up gps or navigation equipment, and no knowledge of celestial navigation.