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#273216 - 12/11/14 06:26 AM Man survives 12 days at sea
Bingley Offline
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Registered: 02/27/08
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"I'm a fisherman so I caught fish; it wasn't as good as a sushi bar, but that's how I hydrated," he said.


Man Survived 12 Days Stranded at Sea by Eating Fish, Rigging Radio

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#273224 - 12/11/14 08:12 PM Re: Man survives 12 days at sea [Re: Bingley]
AKSAR Offline
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Registered: 08/31/11
Posts: 1233
Loc: Alaska
It is an interesting story. There are a few loose ends that aren't clear. Sailnet.com has a discussion with some quotes from various news sources. See page 4 in the sailnet thread.

The USCG didn't find him in the original very extensive search. One of the sailnet links says he gave GPS coordinates in his first mayday, but the GPS was wrong. I doubt the GPS would be that far off. I suspect it was either operator error and he misread his GPS, or else the coordinates got badly garbled over the radio. When sending a distress message, always get a read back of coordinates if at all possible!

The other big question is why he just didn't sail back after the storm was over? In the photos of the rescue the mast on the boat seems to be intact. As I write this, the sailnet thread has some possible answers from people with experience in those waters.
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#273225 - 12/11/14 09:10 PM Re: Man survives 12 days at sea [Re: AKSAR]
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Registered: 08/18/07
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Loc: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
I thought that most ocean going (or at least ocean capable) vessels carried an EPRIB. I wonder if he had one?
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#273226 - 12/11/14 09:27 PM Re: Man survives 12 days at sea [Re: bws48]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
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From: http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/cgepirb.htm
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...The legal requirements to carry an EPIRB vary with the type of vessel. Although recreational vessels are strongly encouraged to carry an EPIRB on board there are no legal requirements that they do so. Commercial fishing vessels that are 36 feet and larger, and operate beyond three miles from shore, and have a galley and berthing on board, are required to carry an EPIRB. ...
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#273227 - 12/11/14 09:41 PM Re: Man survives 12 days at sea [Re: bws48]
AKSAR Offline
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Registered: 08/31/11
Posts: 1233
Loc: Alaska
While carrying an EPIRB would be wise, I don't think there was any legal requirement to carry one in this case. From Boat Safe:
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The legal requirements to carry an EPIRB vary with the type of vessel. Although recreational vessels are strongly encouraged to carry an EPIRB on board there are no legal requirements that they do so. Commercial fishing vessels that are 36 feet and larger, and operate beyond three miles from shore, and have a galley and berthing on board, are required to carry an EPIRB. Many commercial fisherman owe their lives to this requirement. Coast Guard inspected merchant vessels, operating in Coastal or Ocean trade, beyond twenty miles from shore, are also required to carry EPIRBs.


This guy was fishing from a 25 foot boat. Commercial fishermen tend to be a very cantankerous and independent bunch, and have often bitterly resisted proposed mandatory safety requirements.
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