The unsolved mystery of the vanishing of S/V Patanela

[fxarcher]

I just ran across a video by "Barely Sociable" on the 1988 unsolved mystery of the disappearance of the 20-meter steel schooner "Patenela".
I thought it might be of interest to those of us who had never heard of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkONFkdWSM

Maybe someone with more knowledge could chime in.

[GordMay]

Ghostly 'Message in Bottle' from Vanished Schooner
“One of the South Pacific's greatest sea mysteries was the disappearance of the "Patanela", a 19-metre steel schooner, which vanished without trace while approaching Sydney Harbour in November 1988. Now [2008], just under 20 years later, a ghostly 'message in a bottle' has been found from one of the crew on a beach in the Great Australian Bight by a beachcomber...”
More ➥ https://www.sail-world.com/Australia...urce=google.ca

[clownfishsydney]

Was big news here when it happened. Very strange case!