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Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-06-2016, 21:14
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Posted By Jim Cate
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Huh? I don't know your passenger, her e-mail address, or WTF you are talking about.

And for the record, the rescue of Tony Bulimore was at ~52 deg S, 100 deg E. This point is approximately 1275...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-06-2016, 20:33
Replies: 492
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Posted By Jim Cate
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Mr B, I sure wish that you would get a new atlas or something. The distance from Fiji to Oz isn't 3000 miles, it's on the order of 1500, depending on where you make landfall. And where Ted Bulmer,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-06-2016, 16:28
Replies: 492
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Posted By Jim Cate
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Any idea of how the mast might have been found floating? Did that boat have a timber mast? Most alloy masts will sink like a stone when cut loose after a dismasting.

Seems odd.

Jim
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-06-2016, 18:19
Replies: 492
Views: 80,355
Posted By Jim Cate
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Excellent post! We should all think carefully about the ideas here, and then perhaps apply them to our responses to situations like this.

Jim
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