01-10-2008
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Telstar 28
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Location: New England
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Unfortunately, there have been quite a few incidents, aside from this one, of singlehanders being lost at sea.
One that comes to mind for me is Jim Gray, who was a fairly accomplished sailor who had gone out on a daysail from San Francisco harbor, to scatter his mother's ashes near the Farallon Islands about a year ago. His 40' sailboat, Tenacious, was equipped with an EPIRB, but the EPIRB never went off, even though it was equipped with a hydrostatic release according to what I've read.
Another story this reminds me of is the story of the Moquini. The boat disappeared in September 2005 and was declared missing after a short report was heard from its EPIRB, which then stopped transmitting. It was later found floating off the coast of South Africa, with all hands missing. It had lost its keel and had capsized because of that.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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