 |
04-02-2012, 14:50
|
#1
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
|
CBS Documentary on Missing Sailor
I stumbled across this (as one does) on YouTube. Apparently, it's airing this evening (Sat. Feb. 4) on CBS's 48 Hours.
I won't be able to watch it, but does anyone know the real story? Is it set in Indonesia?
Thanks.
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 15:20
|
#2
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Presently on US East Coast
Boat: Manta 40 "Reach"
Posts: 10,110
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
No, the San Blas islands in Panama. This was an unfortunate incident last year with two cruisers being killed by a person operating an illegal business running people from Columbia to Panama. He lost his boat on a reef and killed two others for their boats to continue his operation.
Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude (scroll down a bit)
Mark
__________________
www.svreach.com
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 15:23
|
#3
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Boat: 43 ft Selene/Solo
Posts: 688
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Why would you think Indonesia, when "Caribbean" is mentioned and "Panama" is shown clearly in the video???
__________________
Do not go where the path may lead.........
go instead where there is no path........
and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 20:28
|
#4
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Because they mentioned pirates and the short shots of the people in the canoe looked vaguely Indonesian to me. There aren't a lot of Meso-Amerindians in downtown Toronto for me to judge.
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 20:30
|
#5
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Quote:
Originally Posted by colemj
No, the San Blas islands in Panama. This was an unfortunate incident last year with two cruisers being killed by a person operating an illegal business running people from Columbia to Panama. He lost his boat on a reef and killed two others for their boats to continue his operation.
Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude (scroll down a bit)
Mark
|
Thanks, that clears it up. It reminds me a bit of the case where the Canadian sailor was shot in front of his niece in, I think, Guatemala.
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 20:56
|
#6
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canukistan
Boat: CN35 - 1960 35' steel yawl
Posts: 118
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
That trailer is just tripe and the latitude38 link is not working for me for some reason. Any other non-FOX/CNN-sensationalist-docudrama style info on this? Curious.
__________________
Any way the winds blows, doesn't really matter... to me
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 21:19
|
#7
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Oregon
Boat: 57' Laurent Giles Yawl
Posts: 755
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Quote:
Originally Posted by red_sky
That trailer is just tripe and the latitude38 link is not working for me for some reason. Any other non-FOX/CNN-sensationalist-docudrama style info on this? Curious.
|
Hi, there's a whole bunch on Panama Guide. I believe the gentleman in the video is the same guy who did the investigative reporting and wrote the articles for that site.
A notable article:
Additional Details On The Death of Douglas Gene Michalowski in Panama - Panama Guide
|
|
|
04-02-2012, 21:25
|
#8
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canukistan
Boat: CN35 - 1960 35' steel yawl
Posts: 118
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Quote:
Originally Posted by msponer
|
Gracias!
__________________
Any way the winds blows, doesn't really matter... to me
|
|
|
05-02-2012, 10:25
|
#9
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
Boat: Custom 41' Steel Pilothouse Cutter
Posts: 4,976
|
Re: CBS doc on missing sailor
Quote:
Originally Posted by red_sky
That trailer is just tripe and the latitude38 link is not working for me for some reason. Any other non-FOX/CNN-sensationalist-docudrama style info on this? Curious.
|
Frankly, the "tripe" factor is what prompted the initial query. It looked like "reality show" production values, with lots of time-eating repetition and rhetorical speculation, which frankly I don't care about.
|
|
|
 |
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:42.