Posted on 10/26/2017 1:08:53 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Edited on 10/26/2017 4:42:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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Look at her sister. We can figure out who got the bulk of the oat meal.
Also, something is weird. Tahiti is a very far distance from where they were found, just off Japan. And they do not seam dark enough. I would expect these two to be very dark red.
This story is just weird. These women had a ton of stored food, and obviously a de-salinator and some sort of way to cook, enough wherewithal to stay alive, the mast didn’t appear broken, there was still a sail attached to the boom and no mention that the boat was disabled yet...
Oddly, I would have though that some sort of distress flag or sheet at the top of the mast would also be in order.
I wonder how they made energy to power the radio?
I really don’t get it.
How many dogs did they start out with?
LOL
That’s kinda what I’m getting at.
A quick look around shows seawater cooking is a reputable method, including for water-absorbing foods like dry grains. Nothing leaps out as immediately concerning.
But such a long-term diet thereon presumably included drinking a _lot_ of fresh water to flush the minerals. Sounds like the boat was big enough that they could gather a good amount of rain (I’ve been experimenting with that lately) to flush kidneys, though not enough to use for cooking (hence the kidney concern).
Upshot: stowing a box of quick oats could go a long way to seafaring survival, taking little $ & space.
Glad they saved the 4 legged dogs.
LOL.
Well, actually, that would make them LESS likely to get lost. Wouldn’t it?
Best stored in a large canning jar, not a box.
It would keep better as with the lid on, it’s hermetically sealed. And when the oats run out the jar could be used for any number of things that a box would be useless for.
Why didn’t they have a radio and/or backup batteries? Don’t they also make devices that once opened transmit an emergency beacon?
[ The battered boat was determined to be “unseaworthy,” ]
Apparently it was, for at least five months.
Gezzz...Map chart...You get the message. And hopefully you’re not overly confused.
They were thousands of miles off their destination. Obviously these two morons have no idea what a compass or map is...I mean chart...lol
“Upshot: stowing a box of quick oats could go a long way to seafaring survival”
Knowing how to use a sailboat would be useful, too.
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Hiiiiyooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Not really. There wasn’t anybody to not ask directions of, anyway.
If you had read the rest of the sentence you posted ...
small solar energy stations. A lot of large boats have them. They can generate enough power to cook and communicate. Some are large enough you can run refrigerators and watch satellite TV.
As an ocean sailor.....yeah. We have 3 gps on board and a backup radio. Hubby believes in back ups. Lol. And charts. And extra batteries, etc. Weve never left port without a supply of canned food. We have a really deep locker in the galley and I Always filled it full. We did a 3 month sail once up and down the coast from port to port staying in guest slips and even then we probably had a 6 month supply of food on board.
These 2 were just stupid.
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