CG rescue in Gulf and. New rescue added

[Bill D.]

Ok, not enough info in the story to know why a distress call never went out, but this is exactly why my boats “ditch bag” goes with me in any boat I go offshore on. If it hits the fan I want to be sure people know It is bad and that I can be located.

Coast Guard rescues bloodied fishermen fighting sharks after boat sinks in Gulf of Mexico

The rescue happened 25 miles off Empire, Louisiana, as the Coast Guard was searching for a fishing boat reported missing late Saturday.

www.al.com

 

[Radioactive]

why a distress call never went out

Out of cellphone range? <sigh>

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OT: When I went to take wet delivery on my new boat ( a day trip, decades ago ) I packed up my "captain's bag", containing redundant everything. Maps, flares, VHF HT, GPS, !compass!. Even spare cigs.

I met my buddy who had agreed to ride along as "a spare". He got there, helped load up food etc.

... then he pulled out his " captain's bag", a virtual duplicate to mine!

Plan fot it. "It" will happen. And when it does, if you planned, it might just be an unscheduled day off, rather than a disaster.

 

[Golfman25]

Out of cellphone range? <sigh>

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OT: When I went to take wet delivery on my new boat ( a day trip, decades ago ) I packed up my "captain's bag", containing redundant everything. Maps, flares, VHF HT, GPS, !compass!. Even spare cigs.

I met my buddy who had agreed to ride along as "a spare". He got there, helped load up food etc.

... then he pulled out his " captain's bag", a virtual duplicate to mine!

Plan fot it. "It" will happen. And when it does, if you planned, it might just be an unscheduled day off, rather than a disaster.

Heck, when I took my new to me boat across Lake Michigan, a four hour tour, I had a sat phone, Epirb, handheld, etc.

Not that I am for more government regulations, but Epirbs are relatively cheap these days.

 

[Bill D.]

Hereis another rescue!

Fishermen ‘lost at sea’ in life raft rescued from Gulf of Mexico off Dauphin Island

“On their last and final flare they were spotted by a passing commercial tug Linda Moran.”

www.al.com