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Missing Yacht
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16:27 Tue 20th May 2014
Are there any yachties here on AB ? I have not a drop of Nelsons blood in me, despite living near to the for most of my life, so I am genuinely ignorant of these matters.
This liferaft that we all pinning our hopes on...does it carry a radio beacon ?
This is the 21st century, so I can't see why they would go to sea without one, when they were contemplating such a dangerous crossing.
This liferaft that we all pinning our hopes on...does it carry a radio beacon ?
This is the 21st century, so I can't see why they would go to sea without one, when they were contemplating such a dangerous crossing.
Its seems likely that a 20 hour survival time assumes the four British sailors were in the water, not in the 12 man life raft that the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki was carrying.
Because a quick cross check with the survival charts more commonly used in the sailing community suggests that survival time assumes the four British sailors were in the water, not in the 12 man life raft that the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki was carrying. There have been many cases where sailors have survived in life rafts for weeks even months.
Because a quick cross check with the survival charts more commonly used in the sailing community suggests that survival time assumes the four British sailors were in the water, not in the 12 man life raft that the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki was carrying. There have been many cases where sailors have survived in life rafts for weeks even months.
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The coastguard said locator beacons activated by the crew indicated they were in a position 1,000 miles east of Massachusetts on Friday morning.
"Those beacons don't work if they're wet so we've got reasons to believe they're in the life raft because they're dry and they're together," Miss Goslin added.
Mr Male's father told ITV Meridian: "They waited until the first beacon had run out before they actually set the second beacon - that's rational-thinking people."
The coastguard said locator beacons activated by the crew indicated they were in a position 1,000 miles east of Massachusetts on Friday morning.
"Those beacons don't work if they're wet so we've got reasons to believe they're in the life raft because they're dry and they're together," Miss Goslin added.
Mr Male's father told ITV Meridian: "They waited until the first beacon had run out before they actually set the second beacon - that's rational-thinking people."
The US Coastguard were contacted by the yacht’s managers in Falmouth, Cornwall, on Friday. Two personal locator beacons registered to the yacht had been activated, but they have since stopped transmitting signals.
A coastguard spokesman said: ‘We searched with multiple assets over 4,000 square miles for pings from the vessel’s personal locator beacons. After receiving no more transmissions we believe that we would have found them by now if we were going to find them.
‘These beacons are small devices and the ones being used have a very short battery life.’
A coastguard spokesman said: ‘We searched with multiple assets over 4,000 square miles for pings from the vessel’s personal locator beacons. After receiving no more transmissions we believe that we would have found them by now if we were going to find them.
‘These beacons are small devices and the ones being used have a very short battery life.’
Useful info here for those who are interested.
As Humbersloop says, hope is all that's left now
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As Humbersloop says, hope is all that's left now
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Its seems that a lesson has to be learnt here....put bigger beacons on yachts, with better, long-life batteries in them. Surely the extra cost of better batteries would in very small indeed compared to the overall cost of these expensive boats. And why put a beacon on board a yacht when it might be affected by water ! Waterproofing should be a main concern shouldn't it ?
