HI->Tahiti Dingbats found after 5 months

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

Just for fun, here's a map of the major shipping lanes in that area. So sad, all those thousands of ships lost, year after year. . . .

ships are made of steel the dingbat specified frp and or wood vessels. I have gone thru there on all 3 types. At different times in my life

[JC Reefer]

The real mystery of what really happened is still hidden from us. Fake news and crazy people and crazy PEOPLE.

[BandB]

Originally Posted by JC Reefer

The real mystery of what really happened is still hidden from us. Fake news and crazy people and crazy PEOPLE.

It's also proof there are too many television channels with time to fill, plus internet channels, that anyone would give any time to these four dogs. Excuse me, two ladies and two dogs.

[CaptTom]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Their gofundme is still holding at $5 after three days.

Still there after 11 days. And the comments keep flowing in. All pretty much saying the same thing we've been saying. I always like a happy ending.

[CaptTom]

I hesitate to add to these clowns' 15 minutes of fame, but I have an update that I think will spread some cheer this holiday season.

It's been 25 days and their go fund me page remains at the initial $5.

Sort of restores my faith in mankind.

The comments on that page continue to run pretty much the way one would hope, without ONE single supporter yet. They're entertaining reading if you have some down time over the holidays.

Jennifer's last update (just 3 days ago) is a real gem, more blame and "corrections," although I do have to admit she's starting to own up to a couple of the lies that she just can't explain away.

She ends with "Help spread the word!"

Count on me Jennifer, I shall continue to do so!

[Therapy]

CaptTom
Thanks for the update.
I was hoping someone would do the work for me.
Not so much energy for lots of things these days. sad when sitting in a chair is tiring.

[BlackHeron]

Originally Posted by CaptTom

I hesitate to add to these clowns' 15 minutes of fame, but I have an update that I think will spread some cheer this holiday season.

It's been 25 days and their go fund me page remains at the initial $5.

Sort of restores my faith in mankind.

The comments on that page continue to run pretty much the way one would hope, without ONE single supporter yet. They're entertaining reading if you have some down time over the holidays.

Jennifer's last update (just 3 days ago) is a real gem, more blame and "corrections," although I do have to admit she's starting to own up to a couple of the lies that she just can't explain away.

She ends with "Help spread the word!"

Count on me Jennifer, I shall continue to do so!

I still have to stick with Hanlon's Razor here: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Yes, I do believe these guys are really that stupid.

You can call them liars, but I call them simply clueless. After having watched a lot of YouTube videos and convincing themselves (at least Appel convinced herself and then her zero-experience deckhand who really knew no better) that she knew a few things. What they thought they knew was pretty much all wrong, as can be gleaned by just about any sailor watching their hilarious interview videos.

Perhaps they are guilty of exaggerations and boastful self-aggrandizing upon their exciting rescue. But that is typical of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

[cyan]

Originally Posted by BlackHeron

Perhaps they are guilty of exaggerations and boastful self-aggrandizing upon their exciting rescue. But that is typical of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

Ahh, Dunning-Kruger. One of my favorites!
People who suffer from this disability are truly special:

"If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent ... The skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is."

Someone could do their thesis on the two dingbats.

[Don C L]

Wow. I had not read that gofundme statement. It's pretty hard to pin down the truth with someone who has disengaged themselves from reality. And by the way, why were they sailing west to east of the south point of the Big Island? DOH! there I go, I got sucked into their vortex, didn't I? Sorry about that...

[newhaul]

I really liked how she said that the navy declared the vessel unseaworthy due to not being able to start the engine ( its called a sailboat for a reason) and the "typhoons" that were bearing down on them . All three of the typhoons that developed during the timeframe of the "rescue" were no where near the area they were found.
The typhoons were actually in the south China sea and made landfall in Vietnam.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017...typhoon_season
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Damrey_(2017)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trop...m_Haikui_(2017)
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...ekend/70003301
All of which were at least a thousand miles west and traveling away from the dingbats position.

[Cherod]

OMG , get a grip guys and galls ( unfortunately ), have you really nothin better to do in the season of good will ,,,

[cyan]

Not to be Mt. Brightside, but I DID "learn" something about boats:
The head-dingbat stated that "a spreader is just like an axle in a car".
Now I know.

Using a gofundme campaign requires a category. Apparently there is no category for "In need of psychological help", so our favorite skipper chose the category "Emergencies". The only sub-categories for this are Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, Storms, Terrorism, Tornadoes, Tragedy. Sadly, I couldn't see an indication of her chosen sub-category. This was probably because ALL sub-categories applied....

We hit a tropical STORM that felt like an EARTHQUAKE when it scared us with a TORNADO (water spout) causing a FLOOD of tears until we were FIRED up to get towed by a fishing boat that then almost sank us in an act of TERRORISM at the very end of this TRAGEDY.

One must wonder how the karma police will treat these two after their failed attempt to jump the train of gofundme goodwill that is aimed at actual tragedy.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Cherod

OMG , get a grip guys and galls ( unfortunately ), have you really nothin better to do in the season of good will ,,,

nope just call in a spade a spade and waitin for spring breakup. ( the wife won't let me go sailing till after the holidays)

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by cyan

Not to be Mt. Brightside, but I DID "learn" something about boats:
The head-dingbat stated that "a spreader is just like an axle in a car".
Now I know.

Using a gofundme campaign requires a category. Apparently there is no category for "In need of psychological help", so our favorite skipper chose the category "Emergencies". The only sub-categories for this are Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, Storms, Terrorism, Tornadoes, Tragedy. Sadly, I couldn't see an indication of her chosen sub-category. This was probably because ALL sub-categories applied....

We hit a tropical STORM that felt like an EARTHQUAKE when it scared us with a TORNADO (water spout) causing a FLOOD of tears until we were FIRED up to get towed by a fishing boat that then almost sank us in an act of TERRORISM at the very end of this TRAGEDY.

One must wonder how the karma police will treat these two after their failed attempt to jump the train of gofundme goodwill that is aimed at actual tragedy.

One must wonder how the karma police will treat many of us , now ye all have a nice day

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Cherod

One must wonder how the karma police will treat many of us , now ye all have a nice day

karma treats me well I along with many many others have spent our time in he#.