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jmowreader

(53,422 posts) Mon Oct 30, 2017, 10:37 PM Oct 2017

Women adrift at sea for five months had beacon but didn't turn it on [View all]

http://www.khq.com/story/36721995/apnewsbreak-lost-sailors-did-not-activate-emergency-beacon

HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon known as an EPIRB aboard their sailboat that was never activated.

U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press on Monday that their review of the incident and subsequent interviews with the survivors revealed that they had the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) aboard but never turned it on.

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Women adrift at sea for five months had beacon but didn't turn it on [View all] jmowreader Oct 2017 OP

jesus..... dhill926 Oct 2017 #1

Oh for crying out loud. LisaL Oct 2017 #12

I've been following the story.... dhill926 Oct 2017 #14

Yea, well, they had the means to be found (EPIRB), according to the article. LisaL Oct 2017 #16

Then they are even bigger idiots than getting lost at sea for 5 months already indicated mythology Oct 2017 #25

That's not what I am getting from the story. LisaL Oct 2017 #26

Yeah, five months and not in distress. bluepen Oct 2017 #27

You forget they had enough food for a year. LisaL Oct 2017 #29

I didnt forget. bluepen Oct 2017 #32

I don't get the feeling this was due to incompetence. LisaL Oct 2017 #40

I do. bluepen Oct 2017 #41

There is more than one article that makes it clear she knew they had the beacon. LisaL Oct 2017 #42

So they did not know, or forgot, after they did know? bluepen Oct 2017 #47

Who says they forgot? LisaL Oct 2017 #60

What other explanation is there for mentioning it bluepen Oct 2017 #61

Why am I getting balloon boy vibes from this story? nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #65

I had the same vibes... Phentex Oct 2017 #68

They fucking had the ruby slippers all along! Quixote1818 Oct 2017 #2

Obvious question?? Why the hell didn't they turn it on?? boston bean Oct 2017 #3

It doesn't say jmowreader Oct 2017 #5

I noticed that!! boston bean Oct 2017 #6

Here is the article that claims she didn't feel they were truly in distress. LisaL Oct 2017 #15

It doesn't add up. I wonder if they were hoping for publicity and a book deal? octoberlib Oct 2017 #31

Well, if they had an emergency beacon and could have used it to be rescued, but LisaL Oct 2017 #34

Yeah, or a movie deal or whatever. joshcryer Oct 2017 #43

Some people here buy it. LisaL Oct 2017 #44

It wouldn't pass the test for a best seller or a movie / tv show. joshcryer Oct 2017 #46

I think pretty much everybody noticed they looked really good for being five month adrift. LisaL Oct 2017 #48

That's cause just about everyone who is found Mariana Oct 2017 #53

They also an emergency beacon they could have used to get rescued. LisaL Oct 2017 #59

Since they weren't dehydrated and starving Mariana Oct 2017 #71

They didn't have a radio or satellite telephone? TheDebbieDee Oct 2017 #4

According to the article, they claimed to have several pieces of comms gear jmowreader Oct 2017 #7

WTF? GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #8

Sounds like they didn't know they had it. unblock Oct 2017 #9

How did they not know they had it? LisaL Oct 2017 #11

Thanks, that article has rather more info than the op unblock Oct 2017 #20

That's what it sounded like to me from the start. LisaL Oct 2017 #21

Now I've hear conflicting stories on the damage to their boat unblock Oct 2017 #22

Did either of them look like they weren't going to make it another 24 hours? LisaL Oct 2017 #24

I didn't get the impression that any 24hour danger was from exposure or illness or starvation unblock Oct 2017 #33

I guess that would have been a really good time to use that emergency beacon, then. No? LisaL Oct 2017 #35

And the boat wasn't falling apart. LisaL Oct 2017 #62

It is one of the simpler things to operate on a sailboat Not Ruth Oct 2017 #10

Isn't there a huge red button on one? jmowreader Oct 2017 #13

It varies, but generally it says to be rescued, press here Not Ruth Oct 2017 #17

. jberryhill Oct 2017 #30

So they had two choices NotASurfer Oct 2017 #18

Well, they had enough food for a year, and the year wasn't up yet. LisaL Oct 2017 #19

Something fishy about that story... kentuck Oct 2017 #23

They had a year of food and shelter from the sun unblock Oct 2017 #36

And an emergency radio beacon that could have gotten them rescued. LisaL Oct 2017 #39

Yes, they did, and they both looked very clean as well. procon Oct 2017 #45

You can wash with seawater. Mariana Oct 2017 #54

I suspect a book based on their "plight" will be forthcoming soon lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #28

I thought much the same thing when I saw their reaction to being rescued ffr Oct 2017 #52

They said they couldn't sail because of a broken spreader on the Vice story... EX500rider Oct 2017 #37

It didn't seem like they were ever reported missing ecstatic Oct 2017 #38

I don't know about the food but yes that one point... Phentex Oct 2017 #69

At first I assumed they wanted a book/movie out of this, either they planned it from the beginning betsuni Oct 2017 #49

I found it odd rusty fender Oct 2017 #50

I believe their boat had an enclosed lower deck unblock Oct 2017 #51

Where did they store a year's supply of food? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2017 #55

I wonder if maybe they turned off all their electronics... jmowreader Oct 2017 #56

They make the long term storage stuff fairly compact Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #58

Tougher to freeze dry water than food Not Ruth Oct 2017 #64

They were in a boat, surrounded by water, big water, ocean water. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #72

These women planned this charade Vinnie From Indy Oct 2017 #57

Something is really wrong here. NCTraveler Oct 2017 #63

This is like that guy lost in the Sahara while carrying a car door Orrex Oct 2017 #66

Badum ching! Phentex Oct 2017 #70

There sure have been some strange stories in the news lately. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #67