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Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-07-2016, 05:51
Replies: 492
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Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I didn't know the size break, but knew there was one.
Making a CC boat "unsinkable" Is easy, I believe it's usually just a big foam collar just under the gunwale?
I put unsinkable in parenthesis...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-07-2016, 05:30
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Way she was floating level I speculate that there was a whole lot of air trapped and eventually about all you would see maybe is a few feet of the bow sticking up, but they are supposed to float,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-06-2016, 11:12
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I guess maybe that may have contributed in his decision to leave?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-06-2016, 09:40
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

News report I read said the boat was in poor condition, they had lived aboard for a year and were re positioning the boat to affect repairs.
Plus as I said, Wx wasn't that bad and yet they sank....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-06-2016, 06:17
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I was out there probably within 20 miles of them on the day they went down, Wx wasn't that bad, not weather that should sink a 29' boat at all, but it sank, obviously, so therefore I assume it wasn't...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2016, 11:59
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I don't think there is a SAR response from just an overdue boat is there?
I know there are Pan Pan's with the CG asking for everyone to be on the look out for the overdue boat, complete with...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2016, 09:44
Replies: 492
Views: 80,354
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

I just came off of vacation and apologize if this has already been discussed as I have not read every post, we were out there in the area where they went down sailing to Venice from Key West, on the...
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