North Atlantic in December in a 30’ sailboat…

[PascalG]

2 to 2.5 kts… that’s about 60nm a day.

 

[boatbum]

But they were lost 10 days, so perhaps the wind blew them out of the stream.

 

[PascalG]

But they were lost 10 days, so perhaps the wind blew them out of the stream.

Possible. The stream spreads up north of cape Hatteras so velocity drops and they could have been wind blow out of it

 

[ddurand]

This is probably dumber than BIB. (Block island Bob)…

North Atlantic off Cale Hatteras in December in a 30’ Catalina …

New Jersey sailboat with 2 aboard goes missing after never reaching Florida destination

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two boaters who left New Jersey in a 30-foot sailboat over a week ago and never made it to their destination in Florida.

www.foxnews.com

You cannot fix stupid. No handheld VHF. EPIRB?