True. Sailboats sail and their auxiliary engines,are mainly for getting in and out of harbors. Several hand held GPS units, Costing about $100 apiece, would have enabled them to find their position at most times. Then there’s always a,compass, a clock, a sextant, and a chart that will enable a,Navigator to determine her position whenever the weather’s reasonably clear. As a reasonably experienced Lake Michigan sailor, I can say they really screwed up and are lucky to be alive.
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.