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Woman, child, tortoise, cat rescued from sailboat 925 miles off Hawaii coast
ktla ^ | 09/01/2024 | https://ktla.com/news/woman-child-tortoise-cat-rescued-from-sailboat-925-miles-off-hawaii-coast/

Posted on 09/01/2024 4:08:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin

[T]he sailboat – a 47-foot French-flagged vessel named Albroc – and a mayday call was received from a 47-year-old woman aboard the boat who stated that she, her 7-year-old daughter and their pets needed to be rescued.

She also reported there was a deceased man onboard...

“With seas greater than 25 feet forecast within 12 hours of their position and the damaged condition of the [sailboat], the William P. Lawrence had a six-hour window to safely conduct small boat recovery operations,” USCG said.

Eventually – and in spite of 10-foot seas and 15 mile per hour winds – a small boat crew was able to launch and rescue the woman, her daughter, a tortoise and a cat. Due to the adverse conditions, the crew could not safely recover the deceased man, officials confirmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
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1 posted on 09/01/2024 4:08:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

... a millionaire and his wife!


2 posted on 09/01/2024 4:10:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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To: TigersEye

A deceased male whose body could not be recovered. Has Lovey has been bad?


3 posted on 09/01/2024 4:14:43 PM PDT by xp38
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To: BenLurkin

I would suspect foul play.


4 posted on 09/01/2024 4:15:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigersEye

A three hour tour.


5 posted on 09/01/2024 4:16:23 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise
"The sailboat remains adrift approximately 1,000 miles east of Honolulu, USCG said."

FREE SAILBOAT!

6 posted on 09/01/2024 4:17:05 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Secret Agent Man

Never trust a tortoise when they partner with a cat.


7 posted on 09/01/2024 4:20:36 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: TigersEye

A three-hour tour....A three-hour tour...


8 posted on 09/01/2024 4:21:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Woman, child, tortoise, cat.

That sounds like four words you have to remember when taking a memory cognitive test.

I took one online a couple of months ago. I can still remember the four words on the test: Velvet, Face, Red, church.


9 posted on 09/01/2024 4:25:09 PM PDT by CFW
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To: BenLurkin

We live on a 36 ft sailboat that was made to sail across oceans.

With the current weather around Hawaii, we would NOT have been out there.


10 posted on 09/01/2024 4:27:42 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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To: dfwgator

The weather started getting rough...


11 posted on 09/01/2024 4:29:58 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Conan the Librarian

Yes, a smart mariner is always aware of oncoming weather conditions. Some folks just have no sense of when to say “no go”.
This weather was widely broadcast, days ago.
Perhaps the tortoise was sick of the old man?


12 posted on 09/01/2024 4:32:33 PM PDT by Fireone ("and dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." G. Washington 1783)
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To: BenLurkin

Let me guess...

They brought the tortoise because he knew the waters.

And the cat because whatever happened, they’d always land on their feet.


13 posted on 09/01/2024 4:35:13 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo (No one is above the law, but some are more above the law than others.)
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To: TigersEye
“I am woman. Hear me roar!” Except when you are 1000 miles away from land, with
a kid and pets, fighting 25 foot waves. Then having a man around does't seem so bad.

14 posted on 09/01/2024 4:38:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: BenLurkin

a cat-tastrophe!


15 posted on 09/01/2024 4:41:43 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t wait to retire to travel in a yacht. Do it when you’re young.


16 posted on 09/01/2024 4:41:58 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: BenLurkin

a 47-foot French-flagged vessel named Albroc ...


Did they sail this boat, themselves, from France? If not, who did? The dead guy?

No, I did NOT read the article.


17 posted on 09/01/2024 4:43:42 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: CFW
I can still remember the four words on the test: Velvet, Face, Red, church.

That's an easy one. The church uses red velvet ropes to block off pews so the preacher can see the face of the worshiper. Just don't start thinking about the movie Blue Velvet. That would mess you up.

18 posted on 09/01/2024 4:52:50 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Jane Long
Albroc

Al Broc is better than Al Gore, I suppose. And at least the woman and cat ended up better off than the folk a few yards from shore in Italy (or the codefendant who got run down by a car a few days earlier.)

19 posted on 09/01/2024 4:56:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: BenLurkin

What’s the punchline?


20 posted on 09/01/2024 5:08:13 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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