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4 Sailors in the Everglades Challenge Race Were Rescued (Video), 1 Paddler Died UPDATED

The tally of the Watertribe Everglades Challenge participants rescued on Saturday, March 3, 2018, keeps rising. Another man, Thad Rice, who was paddling, died early in the race. The latest two were rescued by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s office using a boat and helicopter. Slow Boat Sailing previously identified two additional sailors who were rescued by 29-foot US Coast Guard boats. Wiley Parker and Weston Wilkins were rescued from the two-man sailboat by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. You can see the video of the sailors’ rescue below:

Here is the press release from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office:

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight is reminding residents and visitors to consider safe boating practices, following a weekend boating competition that led to a marine rescue.

Deputies were first alerted to a vessel and two boaters in distress Saturday afternoon around 4:45 p.m., when the U.S. Coast Guard received word of an activated PLB or “personal locator beacon” in the gulf. Air-1 immediately responded and located the capsized vessel and two sailors approximately two miles offshore near Turtle Beach. Marine deputies threw safety lines and pulled both men on board who were provided thermal blankets and later medically cleared by paramedics.

Sheriff Knight is using this opportunity to remind boaters that despite the seemingly warm weather, even brief exposure to gulf temperatures are low enough to produce hypothermia. Residents and visitors are encouraged to always bring safety equipment on board including life jackets and GPS-enabled beacons that can help first responders locate you if you are in distress. Finally, always complete a float plan before you leave so family or friends know where you will be and when you are expected to return.

“We are undoubtedly relieved these boaters survived gulf temperatures and made it to safety thanks to Air-1 and our Marine Unit,” said Sheriff Knight. “While safety is our top priority, so is education and it is critical when organizations create these competitions that they do their homework beforehand. Participants should be equipped with the tools they need to safely compete, weather conditions should be reviewed, and most importantly, organizations must communicate their plans to public safety agencies in advance.”

With four rescues on Saturday, it seems like the Sheriff thinks Watertribe has some explaining to do…

Here are some USCG photos of the other two rescues:

 

 

 

The Watertribe website warns participants in the waiver in red letters,”If you are not an expert paddler and/or sailor, do not enter this race. Even if you are a well prepared expert you may DIE – yes, you may DIE.”

That seems to have happened this time around. Steve Isaac, the founder of the race wrote on its forums, “I am sad to report the passing of BlueJay (aka Thad Rice).” Mr. Rice was padding an expedition kayak or canoe, according to the race results.  Also on that forum, Paula Martel wrote, “We learned today that Thaddeus died from a heart attack. Knowing that he had set up three methods of getting back into his boat, she [Mr. Rice’s wife] believes he was unconscious.”

There were two USCG rescues from a small boat race on March 3, 2018. #watertribe #evergladeschallenge

The US Coast Guard rescued an Olympic silver medalist in sailing near Sanibel Island, Florida and another man near Casey Key, Florida on the evening of March 3, 2018. Slow Boat Sailing identified both men as participants in the first day of the Watertribe Everglades Challenge race for small boats, which includes kayaks, canoes, and sailboats. Both men, Randy Smyth and Paul Friedman, were in sailboats. Randy Smith, 63, the former Olympian, saw his 20-foot trimaran capsize, 12 miles south of Sanibel Island, Florida before a 29-foot US Coast Guard boat rescued him. The Watertribe Everglades Challenge goes from Tampa Bay to Key Largo, Florida.

USCG photos: On the top left is 14-foot sailboat owned by Paul Friedman. The top right and bottom is the rescue photos of Randy Smyth.

Paul Friedman was not immediately identified as a racer because he was listed as “anonymous” with only his Watertribe name of “RumLime.” Slow Boat Sailing matched the WaterTribe nickname to his “Rougues Gallery” on the WaterTribe site, which identified him as Cork Friedman. Given the time of his rescue, it seems likely that “Cork” or “RumLime”, who was the only monohull sailboat to drop out of the race after the start and its first checkpoint, which was some miles south of the rescue, is Paul Friedman. Paul Friedman was dismasted two miles west of Casey Key in his 14-foot sailboat. The USCG’s 29-foot boat towed Mr. Friedman’s sailboat into Venice Inlet’s Crow’s Nest Marina.

Check out Slow Boat Sailing’s vlog about Venice Inlet below:

The author wrote about his stay in the Crow’s Nest Marina in the book Slow Boat to the Bahamas.

by Linus Wilson

Force 12 Storm Sinks Sailboats at Holyhead Marina when Emma Meets the Beast of the East

The force 12 Storm Emma sunk about 80 boats at Holyhead Marina in Northern Wales. Emma was an extreme winter storm packing hurricane force winds and waves in the Irish Sea when it combined with Siberian air known as “the Beast of the East.”

Holyhead Sailing Club member Sue Williams took amazing footage of sunk and beached sailboats. The docks and pontoons in the 400 plus boat marina were destroyed in the wee hours of the morning on March 2, 2018. While the east coast of the US faced the Bomb Cyclone, the UK suffered 10s of billions of pounds in insurance losses from the winter storm Emma that created blizzard conditions in much of Great Britain. Sailors, sailboat owners, yachtsmen, and boating enthusiasts do not only have to worry about hurricanes in the summer, but also they must protect themselves against winter cyclones like the bomb cyclone and Storm Emma. The boats that did the best were hauled out of the water before the Storm Emma hit.

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UNPREPARED TO GO TO SEA | Jungle of MOLD BUGS & MUD | ATUONA – HIVA OA S2E8 Slow Boat Sailing

Linus finds a jungle of mold on the Slow Boat when he returns after 5 months. He goes to sea unprepared to avoid the bugs, mud, and torrential rains in Hiva Oa in the Marquesas. His sailboat lacks a sail and several things are not tied down as he flees the crowded anchorage of Tahauku Bay near Atuona. Linus has to transport the only potable water one liter at a time in a mad rush to flee the waterlogged French Polynesian island. He also replaces another battery because it became waterlogged. Linus and Daly (the dog) sail to Tahuata’s paradise of clear blue water and white sand beaches, Hanamoenoa Bay.

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Ep. 46: Sailboat Sunk 2 Days Into Dream Cruise when Its Keel Falls Off, Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell Speak to Linus Wilson on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast

Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell bought at $5,000 1969 Columbia 28-foot sailboat to sail around the world. Their trip lasted 2 days. In the end the boat sunk to the bottom of the ocean. They departed Tarpon Springs, Florida. By 9PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, their boat was at the bottom of the sea. They were able to save their dog, a dinghy, and their IDs before abandoning ship to a SeaTow. See our video of this at

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Couple’s SAILBOAT Sinks TWO DAYS After Departing When Keel Falls Off | Exclusive Interview

 

The boat lost its keel when they were motoring 2 miles per hour in the John’s channel off Tampa Bay, Florida. The boat filled with water within 10 minutes as water seeped up from the bottom of the boat and rested on the sea floor in 3-feet of water. The next day the boat turned on its side. Tanner said that someone is offering to give them a new boat, but they have started a $10,000 GoFundMe campaign to pay their salvage expenses and buy a new floating home. They estimate the salvage costs at $6,700 and they have no insurance. The 24-year old woman and 26-year old man lost their life savings. The link to that campaign is below:

https://www.gofundme.com/new-sailing-life

The 49-year old boat had plenty of electronic and paper charts for the area. It only had a 6-horse power outboard for power, which worked until the boat sunk. It is somewhat common for old sailboats to have keel bolts give way and for the keel to fall off if they are not inspected regularly.

Nikki and Tanner learned to sail from Tanner’s dad and by sailing on friends’ boats. They bought SV Lagniappe in Fairhope, Alabama near mobile. Tanner and his Dad sailed the boat to Destin, Florida where Nikki sailed the boat to Panama City, Florida. From Panama City, Florida the three people and one dog sailed the 49-year old boat for 3 and a half days offshore to Tarpon Springs, Florida in June 2017. Nikki and Tanner spent $5,000 fixing up the boat until they departed for Key West, Florida in February. They spent one night at anchor before disaster struck and their beloved sailboat sunk, wrecked, and was a total loss. They used to live in Colorado before living aboard their sailboat in Tarpon Springs.

One lesson from this disaster and the wreck of the Tanda Malaika, whose captain Dan Govatos was a guest of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast, is that entering an unfamiliar harbor at night is a bad idea. More cruisers should heed that rule of thumb.

MAYDAY!!!

Tanner says she idolizes the crew of the YouTube channels Sailing La Vagabonde and Slow Boat Sailing Podcast guests Sailing SV Delos. Tanner was wearing a Sailing La Vagabonde t-shirt when their boat sunk near Tampa Bay.

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On May 15, 2017, Lewis Bennett told US Coast Guard rescuers that his wife, Isabella Hellman, fell overboard while he slept in the 37-foot sailing catamaran on their honeymoon trip from St. Marteen to Key West. His boat sank 26-miles from Cay Sal Bahamas, and he evacuated into a life raft where the USCG rescued him. They also found rolls of silver coins. Mr.  Bennett was convicted of illegally transporting stolen silver and gold coins. On February 20, 2018, the former newlywed husband, Lewis Bennett faced new charges of second degree murder in the death of his wife, Isabella Hellman, the mother of their daughter, a toddler named Emilia.  The FBI alleges that Mr. Bennett a UK and Australian citizen scuttled his boat, Surf into Summer.

SAILING MYSTERY, GHOST BOAT, SEA NYMPH, found in VOR | Exclusive GPS data & USCG survivor debrief

 

Volvo Ocean Racers spotted a “ghost ship”, a derelict sailboat, 360 miles east of Guam on February 13, 2018, UTC. It was none other than the SV Sea Nymph abandoned by Jennifer Appel and her crew member Tasha Fuiava nearly 3 to 4 months earlier on October 25, 2017. We discuss the latest revelations from this mysterious disaster at sea. We bring you exclusively the interview of the sailors on the doomed sailors who were criticized by the US Coast Guard for not using her EPIRB. The USCG alleges via the AP that they hailed the Sea Nymph on June 15, 2017, near Tahiti. Ms. Appel told the Today Show that they were no where near Tahiti and her handheld GPS proves that. Linus Wilson was given her handheld GPS track history and analyzed it. It only had two days of data, the last two days prior to the rescue. This tale of two women and two dogs where rescued 900 miles southeast of Japan goes on…

UNPREPARED TO GO TO SEA | Jungle of MOLD BUGS & MUD | ATUONA – HIVA OA S2E8 Slow Boat Sailing

Linus finds a jungle of mold on the Slow Boat when he returns after 5 months. He goes to sea unprepared to avoid the bugs, mud, and torrential rains in Hiva Oa in the Marquesas. His sailboat lacks a sail and several things are not tied down as he flees the crowded anchorage of Tahauku Bay near Atuona. Linus has to transport the only potable water one liter at a time in a mad rush to flee the waterlogged French Polynesian island.  He also replaces another battery because it became waterlogged. Linus and Daly (the dog) sail to Tahuata’s paradise of clear blue water and white sand beaches, Hanamoenoa Bay.

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Sailboat SINKS, Life RAFT Rescue, Wife OVERBOARD, Lewis Bennett Charged in Death of Isabella Hellman

On May 15, 2017, Lewis Bennett told US Coast Guard rescuers that his wife, Isabella Hellman, fell overboard while he slept in the 37-foot sailing catamaran on their honeymoon trip from St. Maarten to Key West.

His boat sank 26-miles from Cay Sal Bahamas, and he evacuated into a life raft where the USCG rescued him. They also found rolls of silver coins. Mr. Bennett was convicted of illegally transporting stolen silver and gold coins. On February 20, 2018, the former newlywed husband, Lewis Bennett faced new charges of second degree murder in the death of his wife, Isabella Hellman, the mother of their daughter, a toddler named Emilia. The FBI alleges that Mr. Bennett a UK and Australian citizen scuttled his boat, Surf into Summer. Based on its build date 1986 and the reporting by the Palm Beach Post of its make, Slow Boat Sailing believes the boat to be a Fountain Pajot Louisiane 37 sailing catamaran. One was recently on sale on Yachtworld for under $50,000. The Palm Beach Post reports that the 1986 catamaran was worth $60,000. Despite searching over 6,000 square miles for Ms. Hellman, the USCG cut off the search after three days. Mr. Bennett admitted to transporting the silver and gold coins from the sailboat Kitty R, which he worked on in St. Maarten in 2016.

Coast Guard rescues 1, searching for another approximately 30 miles west of Cay Sal

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U.S. Coast Guard District 7

The 37-foot catamaran, Surf into Summer, is partially sunk Monday, May 15, 2017 in the Florida Straits 30 miles west of Cay Sal, Bahamas. The Coast Guard is searching for a female who was last seen aboard the vessel at approximately 8 p.m. Sunday. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Miami.

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Coast Guard suspends search for woman 30 miles west of Cay Sal, Bahamas

05/18/2017

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/19b0035

Coast Guard continues search for missing woman approximately 30 miles west of Cay Sal

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/19ac24a

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/isabella-hellmann-mystery-spans-three-continents-raises-questions/1lEa1KbIDhKiD7qKcDNz7M/

Foreign National Arrested on Second-Degree Murder Charge

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/foreign-national-arrested-second-degree-murder-charge

Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Transporting Stolen Coins in Interstate and Foreign Commerce

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/foreign-national-pleads-guilty-transporting-stolen-coins-interstate-and-foreign

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The Ghost Boat Location is a Secret: Jennifer Appel Says Dee Caffari’s Position Report is False – Updated

If you want to mark your charts, to avoid the derelict, ghost boat, the SV Sea Nymph, don’t expect the U.S. Coast Guard or the Volvo Ocean Race to warn you. They are keeping its location a secret. Volvo Ocean Racers discovered the boat on February 13, 2018, UTC, “360 miles east of Guam,” according to a blog written by Turn the Tide on Plastics skipper Dee Caffari. When and where is the exact time, latitude, and longitude of the citing? Nobody is willing to give that out, but Jennifer Appel in her vague, Ghost Boat position report seems to be calling Ms. Caffari a liar.

The Volvo Ocean Race content coordinator Alice Williams wrote, “We are not at liberty to disclose, the information you requested please be assured that RCC [U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center] Guam have been informed of its position.” U.S. Coast Guard Guam falls under the 14th district Honolulu. A representative at the 14th district said over the phone that the exact location was given to the owner, Jennifer Appel, but they would not disclose it to the general public.

Appel refused to give out the exact location of her boat except to say it was at 17N and 147E on February 13, 2017. That is little improvement since depending on the rounding convention Ms. Appel is using that could be an area of more than 3,400 nautical miles of open water on a boat barely visible on radar, according to the skipper of the USS Ashland which rescued her on October 25, 2017. Moreover, it is not inconceivable that she could be telling a fib about this location which is definitely not “360 miles east of Guam.” Northeast is a better direction. Ms. Appel has been caught in a few tall tales mentioned in the video above.

Is 17N and 147E another Jennifer Appel “fish story”?

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Map caption: This is 17N and 147E, which is definitely not “360 miles east of Guam.” Whose coordinates do you believe? Jennifer Appel, a woman who has wrecked one boat and abandoned the other, or Dee Caffari, a 5-time circumnavigator and world record breaking sailor leading Turn the Tide on Plastics in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Ms. Appel hopes that someone will want to risk their life and property to go after a boat full of water and a broken boom only to face Ms. Appel’s charges of stealing her home and possessions. She wrote to Slow Boat Sailing, “The items inside the boat are mine.” Before the boom broke, Ms. Appel told the USCG that the boat averaged about 1 knot downwind to the USCG from June to October 2017. She has no plans to fly to Guam or charter a boat herself. Ms. Appel told Slow Boat Sailing that she lives in Texas with her dogs Zues and Valentine, but Tasha Fuiava, her crew member for their 5-months at sea, has moved on to California where the latter has family.

In yet another sad incident of lashing out against those who helped her, Ms. Appel posted on a Sailing Anarchy forum:

“TTT on Plastic says clearly – in the video – that they know who the owner is – yet they did not contact me –

I called USCG Guam to find Sea Nymph’s current location and thank the woman who initiated the rescue after she learned that the ‘collision’ which the fishing vessel called in had not yet happened and Guam hung up on me and blocked my number.”

There she goes again! Jennifer Appel is once again lashing out at several folks helping her. It sounds newest enemies are the Turn the Tide on Plastics crew, who found her boat, and the USCG, who repeatedly tried to rescue her despite her refusal to use her EPIRB. She says in the USCG survivor debrief on my video that the Taiwanese fishing vessel crew tried to “kill” her, and she criticizes the USCG C-130 pilot who flew out on May 5, 2018, after she did a “mayday” call two days out of port. How much fuel did taxpayers pay for after that first mayday in which she told the USCG she was “OK” when they flew over with a C-130? If you add that to the USS Ashland motoring out to her rescue, that seems like a lot of military hardware, supporting the cruise of the SV Sea Nymph. What does it cost to charter a Volvo 65 and crew for a couple hours to fly a drone? What does it cost to charter a 56-meter (500 gross ton) fishing vessel and crew for 24-hours? Mariners are obligated to help people in distress, but the person in distress probably should say “thank you” and refrain from criticizing their saviors publicly without some very good reasons. At the time of writing Turn the Tide on Plastics has not requested redress in leg 6 for their good Samaritan efforts to examine the ghost boat.

The USCG seems to be burned out on wasting fuel on the strange voyage of the SV Sea Nymph. The USCG 14th district representative told Slow Boat Sailing that they had no intention of intercepting the vessel in international waters. The USCG directed the owner, Jennifer Appel, to contact an international salvage company. Ms. Appel added more color to the USCG Guam incident where they blocked her number. The author spoke to her over the phone and she said that USCG Guam believed that she would need further rescuing if she recovered the boat.

With its broken boom, open hatch, and forward tilt, the Sea Nymph might have a market value of zero. If it hits a reef, the locals will likely send its owner a clean up bill of many thousands of dollars like the crew of the Tanda Malaika and the Lagniappe faced. It is too bad Ms. Appel did not scuttle the boat when she had the chance. When Appel wrecked her first boat, the salvage company had to wait years before she paid a dime. After getting pennies on the dollar for the cleanup, Ms. Appel accused the partially-stiffed, salvage company for her first boat of not towing it to safety when it broke up on the rocks on the Sailing Anarchy Podcast episode 26. Slow Boat Sailing’s advice to any salvage boat “hired” by Ms. Appel would be to ask for a cash deposit for all expected expenses upfront.

In her conference call with reporters in the video, below she entertained thoughts of recovering it. In which case, taking off the sails, putting on sail covers, and better securing the hatch, all might have been good ideas.

The last notice to mariners on February 14, 2018, had no mention of the derelict Sea Nymph. Perhaps its coordinates will show up on the February 21, 2018, edition. If you are passing that way before that time, post a crew member at the bow. The SV Sea Nymph has no lights on. Can we blame the Ms. Appel or the USCG for not notifying boaters of the location of this hazard to navigation?

If you have the chance to scuttle or salvage the ghost boat, SV Sea Nymph. Take off the cockpit GPS. I would like to have a look at the track on the GPX file.

Dr. Linus Wilson, Captain, OUPV-Near Coastal, is the author of How to Sail Around the World Part-Time and the creator of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcastand YouTube Channel. He sails an Island Packet 31, which is currently in Tahiti.

SAILING MYSTERY, GHOST BOAT, SEA NYMPH, found in VOR | Exclusive GPS data & USCG survivor debrief

Volvo Ocean Racers spotted a “ghost ship”, a derelict sailboat, 360 miles east of Guam on February 13, 2018, UTC. It was none other than the SV Sea Nymph abandoned by Jennifer Appel and her crew member Tasha Fuiava nearly 3 to 4 months earlier on October 25, 2017. We discuss the latest revelations from this mysterious disaster at sea. We bring you exclusively the interview of the sailors on the doomed sailors who were criticized by the US Coast Guard for not using her EPIRB. The USCG alleges via the AP that they hailed the Sea Nymph on June 15, 2017, near Tahiti. Ms. Appel told the Today Show that they were no where near Tahiti and her handheld GPS proves that. Linus Wilson was given her handheld GPS track history and analyzed it. It only had two days of data, the last two days prior to the rescue. This tale of two women and two dogs where rescued 900 miles southeast of Japan goes on…

Linus Wilson is the host of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast which has had Sailing Doodles, SV Delos, the Skipper of the wrecked Tanda Mailaika Dan Govatos, and Dee Caffari as some of its many guests. He has recently interviewed Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell who lost their sailboat keel near Tampa Bay.

Jennifer Appel was caught in many fibs on national TV and media interviews about the size of her sailboat sailing through a force 11 storm, that she saw giant sharks. Slow Boat Sailing has both confirmed and debunked parts of her story and a selection of our best blogs about this sailing mystery are below:

Rescued Hawaii Sailor Left for Tahiti without Charts for Islands

http://bit.ly/2EAAKh2

Investigation: Rescued Sailor’s Story Has Several Holes

http://bit.ly/2ob7liw

US Air Force Confirms Part of Hawaii Sailor’s Story

http://bit.ly/2F8vTRj

Exclusive: The Last Voyage of the SV Sea Nymph

http://bit.ly/2sC39xu

Linus Wilson analyzes a false statement made by Ms. Appel made in a portion of her Today Show interview.

Two Women Who Were Lost At Sea Answer Questions About The 5-Month Ordeal | TODAY

http://bit.ly/2Ewi2Hg

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Turn the Tide on Plastic, a boat competing in Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Hong Kong to Auckland, had a close encounter with the abandoned vessel, the Sea Nymph on Tuesday morning UTC, about 360 miles east of Guam providing this drone footage and first-hand blog of what they saw.

00:00 IV E Brian Thompson (GBR), navigator

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Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari wrote a blog post which Linus Wilson reads.

http://bit.ly/2HnsWwE

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Interview with Turn the Tide on Plastic’s skipper Dee Caffari (GBR) ahead of leg 6 start from Hong Kong to Auckland, New Zealand

http://bit.ly/2C1yMo3

Leg Zero: Rolex Fastnet Race – Fastnet_Leaving_B-roll

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Turn the Tide on Plastic: Dee Caffari (skipper, GBR)

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http://bit.ly/2CpBvUl

VNR Leg 6 start

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Leg 6

01:57 Route animation

02:18 Boats at the start line

The USS Ashland Rescued Two Women Who Were Lost at Sea

10.30.2017

Video by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Pearson

AFN Okinawa

The USS Ashland rescued two American women after they were lost at sea for five months. Lance Corporal Jonathan Pearson

Appel said they sent an unanswered distress signal for 98 days before the Ashland rescued them.

They told the USCG in the October 27, 2017, survivor debrief that they made 120 days of distress calls.

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10.27.2017

U.S. Navy

A telephone conference call with Lt. Adam Cole.

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Video by Jonathan R Clay

Commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet

171029-N- UX013-001- PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2017) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) help to bathe Zeus and Valentine, the two dogs rescued with Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava at sea after spending months adrift.

Nichole Gorofalo

All Hands Update: USS Ashland Rescue

11.01.2017

Kevin Dawson

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Couple’s SAILBOAT Sinks TWO DAYS After Departing When Keel Falls Off | Exclusive Interview

Nikki Walsh and Tanner Broadwell bought at $5,000 1969 Columbia 28-foot sailboat to sail around the world. Their trip lasted 2 days. In the end the boat sunk to the bottom of the ocean. They departed Tarpon Springs, Florida. By 9PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, their boat was at the bottom of the sea. They were able to save their dog, a dinghy, and their IDs before abandoning ship to a SeaTow.

 

The boat lost its keel when they were motoring 2 miles per hour in the John’s channel off Tampa Bay, Florida. The boat filled with water within 10 minutes as water seeped up from the bottom of the boat and rested on the sea floor in 3-feet of water. The next day the boat turned on its side. Tanner said that someone is offering to give them a new boat, but they have started a $10,000 GoFundMe campaign to pay their salvage expenses and buy a new floating home. They estimate the salvage costs at $6,700 and they have no insurance. The 24-year old woman and 26-year old man lost their life savings. The link to that campaign is below:

https://www.gofundme.com/new-sailing-life

The 49-year old boat had plenty of electronic and paper charts for the area. It only had a 6-horse power outboard for power, which worked until the boat sunk. It is somewhat common for old sailboats to have keel bolts give way and for the keel to fall off if they are not inspected regularly.

Nikki and Tanner learned to sail from Tanner’s dad and by sailing on friends’ boats. They bought SV Lagniappe in Fairhope, Alabama near mobile. Tanner and his Dad sailed the boat to Destin, Florida where Nikki sailed the boat to Panama City, Florida. From Panama City, Florida the three people and one dog sailed the 49-year old boat for 3 and a half days offshore to Tarpon Springs, Florida in June 2017. Nikki and Tanner spent $5,000 fixing up the boat until they departed for Key West, Florida in February. They spent one night at anchor before disaster struck and their beloved sailboat sunk, wrecked, and was a total loss. They used to live in Colorado before living aboard their sailboat in Tarpon Springs.

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One lesson from this disaster and the wreck of the Tanda Malaika, whose captain Dan Govatos was a guest of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast, is that entering an unfamiliar harbor at night is a bad idea. More cruisers should heed that rule of thumb.

MAYDAY!!!

Tanner says she idolizes the crew of the YouTube channels Sailing La Vagabonde and Slow Boat Sailing Podcast guests Sailing SV Delos. Tanner was wearing a Sailing La Vagabonde t-shirt when their boat sunk near Tampa Bay.

Photos from Nikki Walsh’s GoFundMe campaign and Facebook profile were reproduced with her permission.

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THE MERCY Review COLIN FIRTH Sailing Film Reaction to Clip & Spot | Crowhurst BioPic

The story of the sailing around the world record attempt of the dreamer and schemer Donald Crowhurst is brought to the big screen with Oscar winners COLIN FIRTH & Rachel Weisz in THE MERCY movie coming out on February 9, 2018, in the UK. Linus Wilson the host of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast breaks down the “Donald’s Motivation” full clip and the “Ambition” TV spot.

Linus says the full clip paints Crowhurst in a less positive (but more true-to-life) light than the early inspirational trailers did, which he reviewed in:

THE MERCY trailer REACTION | Colin Firth & Rachel Weisz | Sailing Movie Review 2018

 

Donald Crowhurst is a complex man, and Oscar winner Colin Firth captures the small-as-life weasley salesman that was Crowhurst before he set to sea. Would he rise to the occasion on the water? Watch the amazing movie in theaters in the UK on February 9, 2018, to find out.

We look at StudioCanalUK’s

“THE MERCY – ‘Donald’s Motivation’ Clip – Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz”

&

THE MERCY – ‘Ambition’ TV Spot – Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz

From the StudioCanal UK Production Notes for THE MERCY

“Short Synopsis

Following his Academy Award® winning film The Theory of Everything, James Marsh directs the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst (COLIN FIRTH, The King’s Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Railway Man), an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare (RACHEL WEISZ, The Light Between Oceans, The Lobster) and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron. Co-starring DAVID THEWLIS (Anomalisa, The Theory of Everything) and KEN STOTT (‘War & Peace’, The Hobbit), and produced by Blueprint Pictures (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Bruges), the story of Crowhurst’s dangerous solo voyage and the struggles he confronted on the epic journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.”

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