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23-02-2022, 07:57
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Fortunate Sailor
Hi, checked and do not see this anywhere so starting a new thread. Never done that before.
This Canadian gentlemen left Columbia headed for Puerto Rico and ran into Cuba! so you know why I put it under Navigation! 
He drifted for days in his life raft and fortunately was picked up.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...vers-1.6352644
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23-02-2022, 08:45
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. I chuckled at his daughter's comment that he was good at handling emergencies, but maybe not so good at avoiding them.
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23-02-2022, 09:12
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
Thanks or posting the link. Always things to learn from such stories.
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23-02-2022, 09:23
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
My god. It was a laundry list of things not to do.
Just one of the countless things was that it took him 3 days to get the PLB working and it wasn't registered to him leading to additional delays.
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23-02-2022, 09:28
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
Good first thread.
I am curious about it taking 3 days to be able to turn on the locator, and the map in that article appears to show him quite close to the island at first...
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23-02-2022, 13:30
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Re: BC Man Rescued after 5 1/2 days in a liferaft
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23-02-2022, 13:37
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Re: BC Man Rescued after 5 1/2 days in a liferaft
Quote:
Originally Posted by sv_pelagia
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Ah ha, I didn't see that. Sorry.
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23-02-2022, 14:24
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
The two threads have been merged.
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24-02-2022, 03:29
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Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Re: Fortunate Sailor
Here's a link to the Boatwatch International's coverage just before Christmas:
https://boatwatch.org/resolved/perso...-for-six-days/
Of course it's not as detailled as the CBC article. It is just a good reminder that Boatwatch exists and is providing an invaluable service to our Cruising Community. 
Glad he's safe. Although I, too, chuckled at his daughter's comment that he's not very good at avoiding emergencies... 
Fair winds,
 LittleWing77
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