Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

[Ocean Girl]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Be surprised what's out there..
150 miles W of the Galapagos we came across 3 x 21ft open wooden skiffs powered by 15hp O/B's.. 2 men to a boat..
Anything goes wrong on Momma boat and they're going nowhere fast..
Also.. remember their hard lifestyle/diet is gonna make them more likely to survive than the pampered pudgy Westerner

My parents came across a raft in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They spotted it late afternoon and spent more than a few hours beating over to it in fluky winds. It seemed to have a bunch of refuges all bobbing their heads and chattering excitedly. My mom was worried they would not have enough room for all the people. They approached it right at dusk and was able to shine the spotlight on it to get a good look at the survivors. It was loaded with boobies, the feathered kind. No humans aboard. They had a good laugh, but it was also a bit eerie, the raft had writing all over it. "Robert was here" and a few other things. Strange!

[Chris66]

He is now apparently in Majuro.
No Cookies | Herald Sun

[Richard5]

Originally Posted by jrwaltersr

Looks like Thor Hyerdahl was right.

Presuming the boat is made of materials which were not invented in times of population of Oceania, this current event neither proves or disproves anything with respect to Heyerdahl's anthropologic theories.

A man in a drifting boat is not required to show the ocean circulation. Speaking of which, in December 1990 a friend capsized 980 nm SW of San Diego. The boat was tracked remotely for several weeks. In that time it had drifted westerly almost 2,200 nm which includes several apparent trips around mid-ocean eddies. The boat was on track to ground at Kingman's reef except it apparently finally sunk.

[SaltyMonkey]

Jump out in one of these and see how far you can go:

Ovatek 4 Persons Life Raft : Outside - Ovatek Inc.

[boatman61]

https://news.yahoo.com/pacific-casta...060613735.html

[captain58sailin]

If that is a shot of him boaty, no way he was out 16 months.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by captain58sailin

If that is a shot of him boaty, no way he was out 16 months.

Sun dried Fat Friend....?
William Tong..

[Cotemar]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Sun dried Fat Friend....?
William Tong..

Lucky their was two on that boat

[letsgetsailing3]

If he offers any jerky, my advice would be to turn it down.

[snort]

How many calories in a sea turtle?

[Cotemar]

Originally Posted by letsgetsailing3

If he offers any jerky, my advice would be to turn it down.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by snort

How many calories in a sea turtle?

Lotsa protein...

[SaltyMonkey]

Why's he drinking a diet coke?

[Cotemar]

He looked like this when he was last seen ashore in Mexico with his friend Bubba.
It amazing what friends will do to you.

[rgscpat]

From the Herald Sun article linked a few posts above,
"Marshall Islands immigration chief Damien Jacklick said authorities were still gathering information and the foreign affairs department planned to contact overseas officials to arrange his repatriation.

"With the help of the US ambassador, we were able to obtain information on his family members in El Salvador and the United States," he told AFP. "We hope this information will help us track down his family." Medics plan to give Albarengo a thorough check before he is interviewed by detectives."