At least, according to the chatter over on Sailing Anarchy...

She was spotted a few weeks ago by a merchant vessel, no position given... This is confirmed by Mr Clean from SA, who would certainly seem to be a reliable source of information on this one. Photos were taken, and according to one "Gunboat pro" over there who claims to have seen them, the coachroof/greenhouse/salon/whatever you want to call it was gone...

So, in other words, that Good Old Alberg 35 that supposedly rode out the same weather for 60+ days in the same part of the ocean, survived with its coachroof intact, while the $2.5 million carbon fiber CW Boat of the Year apparently did not... (grin)

Then, just the other day, another poster claims to have heard from someone in the insurance business that she has actually been towed into port by a fishing trawler, which for whatever reason declined a claim of salvage... No location was given, nor is there any independent confirmation of this account, at least that I'm aware of...

It's surprising that if she was towed into a harbor along the Mid-Atlantic or NE coast, the word hasn't gotten out beyond some marine insurance industry 'insider', or that some pics haven't surfaced... so, I'll take that last one with a grain of salt for the time being... That possibility would seem a bit more likely had she been brought back into someplace in Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland, perhaps...

Nevertheless, interesting, to say the least... As Doctor Electron used to say, "Stay tuned..."

btw, does anyone else find it somewhat surprising that not a single photo seems to have yet surfaced of the rescue of Louis Jordan by the crew of the HOUSTON EXPRESS? You would have thought someone on that ship would have snapped a pic or 2, no? And posted it somewhere online after the ship made port, which it first did about 10 days ago? I'm certainly not suggesting any sort of Moon Landing Conspiracy or anything, but it does seem rather surprising... You'd think Hapag-Lloyd would not be shy about touting their role in the rescue, and the photos of RAINMAKER taken from aboard the OCEAN CRESCENT were put up on the company's website pretty much as soon as the ship made port in Halifax, if memory serves...

Checking the Hapag-Lloyd site, I came across this interesting bit about retired containers being put to use for building construction... Pretty cool...

http://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/press_and_media/insight_page_39642.html