Navigation skills matter.

[GILow]

Police seize $1 billion worth of drugs after yacht runs aground on WA reef
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-0...lands/11478908

I wonder which charts they were using. Paper or electronic?

[Wotname]

Maybe they had been sampling the cargo...

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Maybe they had been sampling the cargo...

Any decent sample and they should have flown over the reef.

[Diamond Life]

I don’t think there is a good chart of the Pelsaert Group, there is of the other two groups. At least that was true a few years ago. Therefore the electronic chart is very poor for this group, not what most people are used to anyway. It’s also not a great place to try and hide anything and good luck digging!

If they had sampled the product I dare say the water depths and coral bombies would have been more vivid.

[Wotname]

Quite possible the Abrolhos was the intended destination but without the grounding. This would be a reasonable location to ferry the cargo to the mainland by other smaller vessels - perhaps fishing boats.

Just an opinion!

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Diamond Life

I don’t think there is a good chart of the Pelsaert Group, there is of the other two groups. At least that was true a few years ago. Therefore the electronic chart is very poor for this group, not what most people are used to anyway. It’s also not a great place to try and hide anything and good luck digging!

If they had sampled the product I dare say the water depths and coral bombies would have been more vivid.

Originally Posted by Wotname

Quite possible the Abrolhos was the intended destination but without the grounding. This would be a reasonable location to ferry the cargo to the mainland by other smaller vessels - perhaps fishing boats.

Just an opinion!

You guys seems to have put some thought into this...

Just saying.