Sailor drowned, two lost for 12 days, no EPIRB

7:35 PM Fri 26 Nov 2010 GMT

'Greek tanker, the Triathlon, rescuing the survivors' .

Today almost every tragic tale of being lost at sea involves the admission of carrying no EPIRB. What was meant to be a routine sail from Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts in the USA to the Caribbean this month was no different. The voyage ended in tragedy after an inaccurate forecast, advice 'not to worry if you don't hear from us', and the lack of an EPIRB. One sailor's life was lost, the ketch was dismasted and the two remaining sailors fought for their lives to survive for 12 days before they were fortuitously rescued by a merchant ship, days they ...

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by Mark Alan Lovewell, Vineyard Gazette/Sail-World