[GreyRaven]

So far, what I’ve tried to do is point out what is technically possible. I’m also assuming that Contessa 7 is still afloat and upright and as one poster put it “…maybe he is down below sewing up his torn mainsail and waiting for better weather to jury rig his steering and go home”.

I’ve described several satellite related capabilities which would get the missing yacht into one of several data streams, either commercial or military. I am assuming that this has happened several times since October 18th and today, based on the time which has passed and the number of satellites carrying out imaging reconnaissance over the Pacific.

The point I am making concerns the apparent paradox that the yacht has presumably been recorded in one or several data streams but that all the remaining dots remain unconnected. Which brings us to what is doable.

What needs to be done is have that raw data processed. To do that you need to have access to the data and you also need the required software and/or algorithms to find the specific “signal” in the data stream which corresponds to a yacht or whatever else is being looked for. To my knowledge, neither of these resources are readily available to the USCG.

Assuming the yacht has been noticed in the data stream by another entity, there is no certainty that any connection has been made between that “blip” and the missing yacht. Why should it, if the data is being evaluated in order to find submarines or determine water temperatures.

So, no, I am not saying that the government “knows” something and is holding it back. I’m saying that due to the formidable resources which are already in place the data is probably there, the tools to process it successfully exist but the necessary evaluation just isn’t taking place. The resources on board are not being utilized as they could be.

Which is sort of sad for the people who are worrying about the guy “down below sewing up his torn mainsail and waiting for better weather to jury rig his steering and go home”.