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Old 20 May 2014, 19:55   #101
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Fantastic news lets have them back with their families safe and sound!
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signed petition earlier, glad they have went back out looking for them.

fingers crossed for good news soon.
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UK sends plane and others join in the search...

BBC News - Missing yacht: MoD sends aircraft to help with search


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Searching are:

a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina
a 106th Rescue Wing U.S. Air National Guard crew from Gabranski, New York
a Canadian military C-130 aircraft
the 600-foot motor vessel Bow Flora
the 672-foot motor vessel Premium Do Brasil
the 477-foot motor vessel Chem Venus
the 700-foot motor vessel Amapola

Air crews have searched a total of 2,878 square miles since the search has resumed. The square mileage for ship searches is still being determined.
Weather on scene is six-foot seas with winds at less than 10 knots.

En route are:

the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, homeported in Cape May, New Jersey
a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia
the 751-foot motor vessel AM Hamburg
the 551-foot motor vessel Independent Accord
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The BBC appear to require a technical specialist:

"The coastguard said it was currently battling against six-foot seas with wind speeds of less than 18.5km per hour."
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The BBC appear to require a technical specialist:

"The coastguard said it was currently battling against six-foot seas with wind speeds of less than 18.5km per hour."
Quite an ask of a 300ft, 3000t CG cutter.
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Searching are:

a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina
a 106th Rescue Wing U.S. Air National Guard crew from Gabranski, New York
a Canadian military C-130 aircraft
the 600-foot motor vessel Bow Flora
the 672-foot motor vessel Premium Do Brasil
the 477-foot motor vessel Chem Venus
the 700-foot motor vessel Amapola

Air crews have searched a total of 2,878 square miles since the search has resumed. The square mileage for ship searches is still being determined.
Weather on scene is six-foot seas with winds at less than 10 knots.




En route are:

the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, homeported in Cape May, New Jersey
a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia
the 751-foot motor vessel AM Hamburg
the 551-foot motor vessel Independent Accord

Finally a decent is effort underway - assume the UK Hercules will operate out of Graciosa / Azores (US Airbase that should have been involved at the start)
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Hm I hope they send a diver in to have a look to see if a liferaft has been deployed now it's been found
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Typical of the yank navy no guts our lads would av gone in and had a look
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The thing is, they are now at the same point in the search as when the container ship passed the hull, but they were then diverted without stopping...
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Stormforce- Missing Yacht.

"As a matter of policy the US Coastguard does not perform salvage"

Arghhhhhhh were not talking salvage, how difficult can it be to roll it and see if it has a life raft is on it,
Come on US Coastguard it really doesn't feel like your giving this 100%.
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The news no one wanted to hear - the liferaft has been found inside the hull - it was never deployed. The PLB signals clearly were from lifejackets in the water. The search is now officially off and survival possibilities all but zero.

There is still much to said about this incident - this is I believe not the time or the forum where that should take place.

Deepest sympathies to all families, friends and others associated.
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Missing Yacht: Life Raft Discovered Unused

very sadly - Liferaft discovered "unused".
PLB's must have been activated when they were in the water.
Thoughts are with their families at this time.
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