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General Topics => Preparedness and Survival => Topic started by: Bushido on October 27, 2017, 08:21:27 PM
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So those two ladies get rescued off of Japan. What type of water purification would you suspect they were using. Desalification?
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Looked like a simple R/O unit from the pictures
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http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/10/30/breaking-news/lost-sailors-did-not-activate-emergency-beacon/
seems like their story not adding up. Possibility they were never really in danger, and treated it like a 5 month "getaway" and publicity stunt?
If I was lost at sea for 5 months in a tiny sailboat, you had better believe I'd be trying my hardest to activate my emergency communication devices. 5 months and these broads can't find the on switch? hmmmm Even if the devices got soaked with salt water, you still stand a decent chance of saving the equipment by disconnecting the power, flushing it out with fresh water, drying it out thoroughly before powering it back on. And yes I've made mistakes and done this procedure before. You can use rice or other moisture absorber to speed drying of the electronics.
This SA article only has about half of the complete Assoc Press story. It's worth searching out, there's a lot of interesting info: "The two women met in late 2016, and within a week of knowing each other decided to take the trip together. Fuiava had never sailed a day in her life ... On their first day at sea, May 3, the two U.S. women described running into a fearsome storm that tossed their vessel with 60 mph (97 kph) winds and 30-foot (9-meter) seas for three days, but meteorologists say there was no severe weather anywhere along their route during that time ... the National Weather Service in Honolulu said no organized storm systems were in or near Hawaii on May 3 or in the days afterward. Archived NASA satellite images confirm there were no tropical storms around Hawaii that day."
one of the SA posters
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mules...
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AP story
https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-lost-sailors-did-not-014055155.html
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They are in it to get a movie deal. and sell their story.
Only thing is they should have wrote a script before leaving the AlaWai.
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So now they are saying that one of the ladies had a previous vessel run aground. Sheesh maybe she should stay on land
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So now they are saying that one of the ladies had a previous vessel run aground. Sheesh maybe she should stay on land
Maybe she figured out how to use the insurance to upgrade to a bigger boat! Worked once before?
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The first thing I thought of was "BS" publicity stunt and I think I'm right:
They had a EPIRB satellite distress beacon...
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A spokesman for the Coast Guard told the AP on Monday that a review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) on board, but they never turned it on.
“We asked why during this course of time did they not activate the EPIRB. She had stated they never felt like they were truly in distress, like in a 24-hour period they were going to die,” said Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle.
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link
http://gcaptain.com/sailors-lost-at-sea-for-5-months-had-epirb-on-board-coast-guard/
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The first thing I thought of was "BS" publicity stunt and I think I'm right:
They had a EPIRB satellite distress beacon...
A spokesman for the Coast Guard told the AP on Monday that a review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) on board, but they never turned it on.
“We asked why during this course of time did they not activate the EPIRB. She had stated they never felt like they were truly in distress, like in a 24-hour period they were going to die,” said Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle.
How about "a fearsome storm that tossed their vessel with 60 mph (97 kph) winds and 30-foot (9-meter) seas for three days" ? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Don't forget the prolonged, coordinated, 30ft tiger shark ram attacks on the hull.
These idiots should be required to pay for every cent of their rescue and be thrown in jail/institutionalized.
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over the top dramatizing interviews - so much energy for two people lost for months
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over the top dramatizing interviews - so much energy for two people lost for months
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Exactly