HI->Tahiti Dingbats found after 5 months

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by newhaul

all the charts I have seen are either in feet or fathoms

On any electronic chart, the choice can be made on the units of measure. Most of the world uses meters.

On another point:

How was the blond knucklehead able to scrape together enough cash to purchase the boat and a years supply of food? Is there a Mr or Mrs Moneybags being this entire fiasco?

[Sailmonkey]

Originally Posted by Mozzie

If you look closely, the line of growth is near the current waterline at the bow and stern, and rises towards amidships. It kinda implies they have been heeled over for a substantial time.

Or just rolling their guts out while thinking up good stories.

[muttnik]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Most of the world uses meters.

ITYWF we use metres ;-)

[Yellowtulip]

Is it possible that the 'tiger sharks' were in fact killer whales? They certainly work in pods and rear their young. Might they have smelt the dogs and thought they were seals? Add a little romanticised twaddle and you get that part of the story...

[CatNewBee]

Originally Posted by Yellowtulip

Is it possible that the 'tiger sharks' were in fact killer whales? They certainly work in pods and rear their young. Might they have smelt the dogs and thought they were seals? Add a little romanticised twaddle and you get that part of the story...

I think they would have called them Black Panther Sharks...

[GTom]

Originally Posted by CatNewBee

I think they would have called them Black Panther Sharks...

Which implies fish instead of mammal, more precisely subspecies of the Carcharocles megalodon.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by Yellowtulip

Is it possible that the 'tiger sharks' were in fact killer whales? They certainly work in pods and rear their young. Might they have smelt the dogs and thought they were seals? Add a little romanticised twaddle and you get that part of the story...

Ummmm.
https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/...d-distribution

[Cpt Pat]

Originally Posted by CatNewBee

Wow, girls power!!!

They have technically two left hands and five thumbs on each, but cooking and provisioning is one of their main capabilities - enough to survive the elements.

At least they had enough food an water and know how to use it.


I guess their life insurance thoughts were: there are always cute strong hungry sailors around, if something goes wrong. You only need a VHF, a bikini and a nice smile, if in trouble - and a steak / some pasta to offer....

They should've asked a man for directions. Or how to work the O.N. - O.F.F. switch on their EPIRB.

Too bad they ate through 1 year of food in 5 months - they could've drifted all the way to Japan. But with nothing to do all day but eat, it's not surprising.

(But seriously, I think the whole thing was a stunt to get a book deal. Who provisions 1 year of food for a 3 week voyage? And look at the fouling on the port side: they were sailing at hull speed for a substantial time on a starboard tack.)

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Cpt Pat

And look at the fouling on the port side: they were sailing at hull speed for a substantial time on a starboard tack.)

If they were sailing a hull speed, the mid-ship fouling would be the low point.

The pattern shown suggests that they were moving at 1/2 hull speed.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by StuM

If they were sailing a hull speed, the mid-ship fouling would be the low point.

The pattern shown suggests that they were moving at 1/2 hull speed.

StuM remember it is a sailboat therefore when on a tack at hull speed it would be somewhere between 15° and 20° heel so would have to apply wave form to the diagonal at the 18° heel angle ( approximately)

[Cpt Pat]

Originally Posted by newhaul

StuM remember it is a sailboat therefore when on a tack at hull speed it would be somewhere between 15° and 20° heel so would have to apply wave form to the diagonal at the 18° heel angle ( approximately)

Wow. OK. No lack of attention to detail here!

I think the point is: for a significant amount of time, they weren't drifting. Even that part of their story seems bogus.

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by Therapy

Ummmm.
https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/...d-distribution

Another myth busted , but hey don't let that get in the way of some sensationalist speculation

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by StuM

If they were sailing a hull speed, the mid-ship fouling would be the low point.

The pattern shown suggests that they were moving at 1/2 hull speed.

Another myth busted

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Cpt Pat

Wow. OK. No lack of attention to detail here!

I think the point is: for a significant amount of time, they weren't drifting. Even that part of their story seems bogus.

it's similar to my Spencer in design and size. My Spencer locks in at 18° on broad reach for hull speed. ( I'm also a retired shipwright)

[double u]

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