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Originally Posted by donradclife
During the current Vendee Globe, a multi? million dollar raceboat was abandoned when the skipper was injured and the Australian Navy refused to take civilian volunteers out to preserve the boat when the skipper was taken off. Satellite tracking devices were operating and the shore team organized a fishing vessel to find the boat, but they gave up after a day or two of bad weather. If they gave up, it gives you an idea of the cost effectiveness of getting an abandoned vessel more than 25 miles to safe harbor.
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This is the boat where they set the autopilot to sail her closer to land. It's amazing that they couldn't find it, even with satellite tracking. For a professional salvager (salvor?), that would be a great recovery that the race team would be very thankful to have back, even after a suitable reward.
Simply an amazing story, thanks for posting it.