Four missing yachtsmen....
Discussion
Fingers crossed the guys are bobbing about in a liferaft waiting to be spotted still. Lots unknown at the moment so not going to speculate on any off it.
Yacht was a way SW of Azores when last heard from very much un US coverage areas, UK still very good at covering our side when it's needed.
Yacht was a way SW of Azores when last heard from very much un US coverage areas, UK still very good at covering our side when it's needed.
Just been looking at how the boat has been raced this season. It's been pushed pretty hard here in the UK and the Caribbean.
Click on the boatname.
http://www.regattaguru.com/asw/minisite?series_id=...
Click on the boatname.
http://www.regattaguru.com/asw/minisite?series_id=...
ccr32 said:
Do sailors who are on long sea crossings like the Atlantic not carry sat phones? Not helpful here I realise, but I know I would want one with me and would borrow one for an equivalent sea/remote area crossing in a light aircraft.
I do hope they are found soon.
If you are concerned about safety like that I can recommend the Delorme Inreach, http://www.inreachdelorme.com/ I use the older model for safety when out in the wilds on my own as a landscape photographer, great peace of mind for not much money, mine cost £200 and $10 USD a month.I do hope they are found soon.
Considering the EPRIB hasn't worked I don't see why other technology would have been more successful.
As the charter firm was in contact with the yacht prior to Friday morning it appears they did have a sat phone.
The information that has been made public so far suggests the keel parted company with the yacht in heavy weather. The crew were reporting water ingress on Thursday and there are photos doing the rounds which shows an upturned hull minus the keel.
Fingers crossed the crew have managed to get into a lift raft.
As the charter firm was in contact with the yacht prior to Friday morning it appears they did have a sat phone.
The information that has been made public so far suggests the keel parted company with the yacht in heavy weather. The crew were reporting water ingress on Thursday and there are photos doing the rounds which shows an upturned hull minus the keel.
Fingers crossed the crew have managed to get into a lift raft.
markmullen said:
ccr32 said:
Do sailors who are on long sea crossings like the Atlantic not carry sat phones? Not helpful here I realise, but I know I would want one with me and would borrow one for an equivalent sea/remote area crossing in a light aircraft.
I do hope they are found soon.
If you are concerned about safety like that I can recommend the Delorme Inreach, http://www.inreachdelorme.com/ I use the older model for safety when out in the wilds on my own as a landscape photographer, great peace of mind for not much money, mine cost £200 and $10 USD a month.I do hope they are found soon.
Gargamel said:
Sealine South said:
Is it not feasible they could be in an air pocket in the upturned hull?
It is a possibility, but of course the hull was leaking, so you would question how long such a pocket might exist for. Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Gargamel said:
Does the UK not have any Search and Rescue capability anymore, or would we have relied on the US in any case... ?
We used to have the capability to meet our legal SAR requirements out to 16W.We no longer do after CMD and his idiot friends binned Nimrod.
Fittster said:
The classic example would be Tony Bullimore who survived 4 days in an upturned hull after the lose of his keel.
Indeed, aware of the example - but I don't think TB had water coming in through the hull. Of course anything is possible we just don't know. Bit disappointing that the Maersk ship didn't stay near the hull and guide rescuers in.
Fittster said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Gargamel said:
Does the UK not have any Search and Rescue capability anymore, or would we have relied on the US in any case... ?
We used to have the capability to meet our legal SAR requirements out to 16W.We no longer do after CMD and his idiot friends binned Nimrod.
Simpo Two said:
I'm astonished that the batteries in their hi-tech acronyms only lasted 24 hours. Sounds like a recipe for failure to me.
With a half-decent epirb, that's 24 hours of transmitting your GPS co-ords to anybody that's listening. It should be enough.I remember reading another story of a similar incident about 800 miles off Azores IIRC, epirb set off, abandoned to liferaft, Portugal picked up the signal, checked the location and vessel details, passed it to Falmouth, Falmouth put out an all-ships, and they were picked up about an hour later by a passing freighter. It really does work if you're lucky.
These guys sound like they had a sat phone, the yacht would have had an epirb, and they probably would have had at least a couple more personal epirbs between them so it's very unusual that they haven't been picked up yet.
Fingers crossed.
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