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/

[TigersEye]

... a millionaire and his wife!

[xp38]

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

[Secret Agent Man]

I would suspect foul play.

[Enterprise]

A three hour tour.

[Enterprise]

"The sailboat remains adrift approximately 1,000 miles east of Honolulu, USCG said."

FREE SAILBOAT!

[Fuzz]

Never trust a tortoise when they partner with a cat.

[dfwgator]

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

[CFW]

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.

[Conan the Librarian]

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.

[xp38]

The weather started getting rough...

[Fireone]

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?

[cockroach_magoo]

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.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

“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.

[blueplum]

a cat-tastrophe!

[Jonty30]

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

[Jane Long]

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

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

No, I did NOT read the article.

[PAR35]

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.

[PAR35]

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.)

[Vendome]

What’s the punchline?