This story gave me a chill.
Interesting though to see a storm abandoned boat like mine, drifting in the Pacific for over 6 months after the owner left it off Costa Rica in December. A bad storm forced him to evacuate to a rescue ship - leaving his yacht to nature's fate.
Story - http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jun/07/ln/FP606070352.html/?print=on
It's eerie when compared to what it used to look like -
However it is comforting to know, in spite of what the boat went through, that she stayed afloat all this time - even with the pilothouse doors open. After the battery banks went dead, I would have thought if waves and rainwater didn't sink her after six months and 4,500 miles, the bird guano would.
Steve
Interesting though to see a storm abandoned boat like mine, drifting in the Pacific for over 6 months after the owner left it off Costa Rica in December. A bad storm forced him to evacuate to a rescue ship - leaving his yacht to nature's fate.
Story - http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jun/07/ln/FP606070352.html/?print=on
It's eerie when compared to what it used to look like -
However it is comforting to know, in spite of what the boat went through, that she stayed afloat all this time - even with the pilothouse doors open. After the battery banks went dead, I would have thought if waves and rainwater didn't sink her after six months and 4,500 miles, the bird guano would.
Steve