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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Found this just now.. These guys were on an overturned 23 foot vessel.. for several days.. They were lucky that some folks came by and found 'em, cause the Coasties had given up..
-- A day after the U.S. Coast Guard said it was suspending its weeklong search for three missing boaters, the men were found alive Saturday night.
A boater found 28-year-old Curtis Hall, 30-year-old James Phillips and 43-year-old Tressel Hawkins sitting on top of their capsized fishing vessel about 180 miles from Port Aransas, Texas, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
The men had been missing at sea since they failed to return from a fishing trip on August 22.
The Coast Guard called off its search Friday after it said it had searched more than 86,000 square miles for the men.
Following their rescue, the men were taken to Port Aransas to undergo medical evaluation.
 
Sep 29, 2008
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Catalina 310 #185 Quantico
Makes an EPIRB look cheap

or a spot or one of those. Beats sitting out on the water hoping someone comes along.
 
Nov 22, 2008
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Endeavour 32 Portland, Maine
Does anyone know what this "water extractor" the media keep talking about it? Why wouldn't hey just say "pump" or "bilge pump". Is it something different?
 
Dec 9, 2008
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1980 Hunter 30 "Denali" Seaford, VA
I wondered the same thing, maybe bilge pump is too technical of a term?

Lucky guys, but the rationed everything to make it all last. They did a good job to survive out there. They said they would see the helicopters and such flying right over and try to flag them down but they just didn't see them.
 
Nov 6, 2006
10,219
Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Yeah.. I wondered if they were talking about an air conditioner condensate removal eductor?? If the outlet of one of those gets really fouled, the water can back out of the thing into the pan.. The outlet of the AC cooling water pump might be directed into the bilge.. I figured someone in the Coast Guard is getting talked to about this one.. Three guys on an overturned 23 foot boat in fairly clear weather.. at times waving flags.. should have been seen by the searchers. I am not defending the guy’s lack of boat planning, just saying that the target is pretty big .. bigger than the target they had when searching for the NFL guys off Florida.. another good reason to carry a EPIRB or SPOT or equivalent when ya can't walk home.
 
Dec 9, 2008
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1980 Hunter 30 "Denali" Seaford, VA
a "water extractor" could also be a fancy word for a bucket...
hehe, I chuckled when I read this... then I saw who posted it... and chuckled more... I got a cool chick :dance:
 
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