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Navy rescues 2 Americans and their dogs who were lost at sea for months
USA Today ^ | October 26,2017 | John Bacon

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2dumbgirls; rescue; uscg; usnavy
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To: Hojczyk

Saw the video of the rescue and it appeared the sails on the boat were neatly furled and stowed. Did they not know how to use them.>>???

Finally, with the technologiy available today such as EPIRB global emergency rescue beacons with GPS location and sattellite phones, anyone going to sea anywhere without them sholdn’t be in charge of a boat.


81 posted on 10/26/2017 4:53:05 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: Delta 21

Congrats. Only got these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrew_Badge


82 posted on 10/26/2017 5:16:49 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Hojczyk
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No EPIRB?

Crazy!

Comon core sailing made easy.
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83 posted on 10/26/2017 5:24:57 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: PGR88

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>> “I know nothing about sailing.” <<

Neither did they!


84 posted on 10/26/2017 5:29:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: LukeL

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>> “ Don’t they also make devices that once opened transmit an emergency beacon?” <<

Yes,an EPIRB, and they are required, to pass Coast Guard inspection.
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85 posted on 10/26/2017 5:31:55 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: cyclotic
I wonder how they made energy to power the radio?
I really don’t get it.

Radio? What about the desalinator. They're the power hogs.

86 posted on 10/26/2017 5:33:36 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Winter is coming)
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To: martinidon

Don’t forget the WinGen.


87 posted on 10/26/2017 5:41:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase (There are only two genders. The rest are mental disorders.)
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To: Hojczyk

video

https://news.usni.org/2017/10/26/uss-ashland-rescues-two-mariners-dogs-adrift-months-pacific


88 posted on 10/26/2017 5:43:39 PM PDT by deport
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To: Oztrich Boy

I was thinking of a solar distiller. Katadyn also makes a hand pumped unit that can desalinate 1.2 gallons per hour


89 posted on 10/26/2017 5:43:56 PM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Fido969

“How many dogs did they start out with?”

GMTA! I was thinking the same thing!


90 posted on 10/26/2017 5:53:14 PM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Hojczyk
Isn't it bad luck to have one woman on board?
91 posted on 10/26/2017 6:15:17 PM PDT by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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To: Delta 21

From looking at your page, I would guess you are about 6` tall.

Didn’t the CG have a reg you had to be six foot so you could walk ashore in case of an underway problem??? <: <: <:

Was your swim call in the Marianas Trench?

Used to ‘love’ it at swim call they would pass the word for ‘sharpshooters man your station.’

We either went over the side or - on occasion - they would open the bow ramp.

When I looked at our ‘sharpshooters’ I figured I would rather take my chances with the sharks - at least they didn’t have weapons ....

Semper Fortis
Semper Paratus
Semper Fidelis

‘Slogans’ to live by.


92 posted on 10/26/2017 6:50:57 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: xrmusn

We really musta been somthin special out there in Guam.

Deep ass water and all those Navy cans that needed towed back in. I still aint figured it all out?

Swimming Marianas was the only break we got on the 15 day sail from Guam to Hono.


93 posted on 10/26/2017 7:31:27 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
They had a water purifier and a year of food, but no idea how to navigate? They'll now be making the rounds of the talk shows, and invariably asked to comment on whether they'd expected that Trump would still be POTUS by the time they're rescued. Thanks Hojczyk.

94 posted on 10/26/2017 11:52:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Now we learn they never activated their EPIRB and previously had been contacted by a Coast Guard vessel. They said they were ok.

Phony story. Publicity seekers.


95 posted on 10/31/2017 2:33:15 AM PDT by nickedknack ("Your time is up!")
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To: Hojczyk

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sailors-lost-at-sea-didnt-use-emergency-beacon-rescue-us-coast-guard/

...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.

Parts of their story have been called into question, including the tropical storm the two say they encountered on their first night at sea in May. National Weather Service records show no organized storms in the region in early May...

...the Coast Guard made radio contact with a vessel that identified itself as the Sea Nymph in June near Tahiti, and the captain said they were not in distress and expected to make land the next morning. That was after the women reportedly lost their engines and sustained damage to their rigging and mast...

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96 posted on 10/31/2017 2:43:42 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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