I still think it’s bs. They were in too good of shape . Even an inexperienced sailor would have figured something out after 3 or 4 months :)
John Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 28, 2017, at 11:22 AM, coltrek via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > That was my impression also. The main looked perfectly furled on the boom, it > looked like the jib was rolled up on the forstay- My impression was that > they might have lost a halyard. I can't believe they didn't have other > halyards, or at least something to get up the Mast. Or at least be able to > get that main up enough to put a little bit of a reef in it or something. > Anything. And yes, I think they were clueless. > > > > Regards, > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Date: 10/28/17 11:15 (GMT-05:00) > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: "Matthew L. Wolford" <wolf...@erie.net> > Subject: Re: Stus-List News story > > I read a story in this morning’s paper about the two rescued women. Sounds > like they took enough food to last a year based on advice they received from > experienced ocean-crossing sailors (which these women were not). The article > left the impression that the women were relatively clueless about boat > handling. It also said that the “rigging was damaged.” My guess is that an > experienced sailor would have figured out a way to repair the rigging > sufficiently to sail the boat in some conditions. > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. > October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small > contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution > -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated!
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