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• Sailor found on overturned hull after 66 days!
  • Amazing!
  • Going fishing in a sailboat off of the Carolinas on Jan 23 (this year, of all years)?
  • I detect a faint whiff of bullshit on this one... (grin)
    • Jon, they just rescued me from the winter of 14-15.... but it's going to snow tomorrow so I'll be back in the life raft
    • Jon, I hate to be cynical, but, it appears that the Germans..
      • Maine Sail has offered his typically thorough analysis in a post over on Sailnet...
        • I want to know how you can keep an Alberg 35 overturned
          • You don't
        • That electrical socket / chain plate instalation
    • Hey Jon, I think I'm with you on this...
      • Me too..he looked too good and in the wrong place for drifting for 2 months!!!
    • I wondered about his slow progress to the northeast . . .
      • Initially, I had presumed he departed from Winyah Bay...
        • Although, the one thing that's still surprising about that possible scenario...
  • He just looks too good after 2 months of raw fish and rainwater
    • Hmmm, how much do you suppose he weighed...
      • and the one report claimed he broke his shoulder in the first rollover
        • I broke my collarbone and there is no way
      • I'll concede that he was heavier 6 months ago
  • Wow! Amazing. I believe him, why not?
    • You know, If you hold your finger on the camera button.....
      • LOL!
        • Just watched a news story on this...
      • looks like one of those, tough as nails, southern boys to me
  • Here's some raw video from the GOOD MORNING AMERICA interview...
    • Holy cow Jon!!! That footage is amazing...
    • Say, he's actually telling the truth, Jon.
      • How can you "stage" a broken bone? I couldn't...
        • Why would he cut a perfectly good mast off the boat before calling for help on the VHF...?
          • If the mast was already in the water
            • He apparently did not know much about electricity.....
              • LMAO
              • Funny to note that in that interview...
      • I see a person who believes his own story
        • I dunno Doug, I've heard outright lying ass BS coming from the mouths of some folks with a prefectly straight face...
          • LOL!! Rob you travel in colorful company.
    • My candidate for the Tristan Jones-Donald Crowhurst Seamanship Award
  • And this
    • That is interesting, if it is the same boat...
      • Kind of paints the original owner in a "Less than genuine" light, don't you think?
    • Yes,, it is . A friend lives in Georgetown, and verified
    • I doubt it
      • as I said-verified by a friend in the area-on Wynah Bay