Comments on: Four Sailors Rescued 70 Miles Off Bermuda

By: Storm-Battered Irish Yacht Spotted Adrift | Bernews.com

Storm-Battered Irish Yacht Spotted Adrift | Bernews.com — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:38:03 +0000

[...] Irish yachtsmen were rescued from the vessel by cargo ship after an international rescue mission involving the US Coast Guard [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:21:11 +0000

Maybe Morgan (Crowe) was in his nest.
Seriously, these guys are lucky whatever the reasons for their problems.
One must ask why they didn’t declare a Pan Pan or activate the EPIRB when they lost their engine while they were still relatively close to the US coast and knowing that they could be picked up by coastguard helicopter.
Something else must have motivated them to continue for a further 500 miles. It seems that they made the wrong choice.
Hopefully they will tell their story and we can learn from it.

Peter C.

By: Logic76

Logic76 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:01:38 +0000

I didn’t realize a 48ft sloop had a crow’s nest. Last time I checked that is the last place to be if one is seasick, simple physics there.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:52:20 +0000

I Know these guys, they are top sailors, they have medals from the Local
dun laoghaire Royal Yatch club, coming third in our regatta for cleanest Galley so stop hasseling them. The captain didnt realize the bilge pump wasnt working until it was to late. his first mate was very sea sick and fell asleep in the crows nest, they were very close to the triangle and got scared, thus panicing and hiding away from the white squall. So dont judge them, unless you were there.
in anyways they have a new ship, so they dont care about the wolfhound any more

thanks
captain Pugwash
Seamen Stains

By: Watching On

Watching On — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:50:30 +0000

After reading the article, it seems to me they had problems from the moment they departed. Sounds like someone sold them a ‘lemon’

By: swing voter

swing voter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:36:09 +0000

c’mon man, gear failure is an excuse for poor planning and decisions. He bought the boat 6 weeks ago, and probably should have sat out the winter up north. He probably never got a chance to do more than a few hours of sea trials, so the boat was never truely tested in blue water, until now. I’ve never done a crossing but I know from living here what the north atlantic is like between nov and march….not meant to be crossed in a small boat

By: Richie

Richie — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:12:53 +0000

Gear failure is gear failure.

By: rubber bong

rubber bong — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:15:18 +0000

With the strong winds we’ve been having, it probably would have been too rough for the pilot boat to go that far and it likely would have taken 8-10 hrs to get there.

By: Xman

Xman — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:22:37 +0000

I could agree to a certain point- but…..
what will it cost us
once we get out of this economic rot than we can begin to do stuff like – get out own Coast Guard.

By: skinnydipper

skinnydipper — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:07:51 +0000

the real problem is what the hell they doing out there from the begining. Noreastern are common like every week this time of year. And they claim to be experienced. where do you think the migrating birds are this time of year, already south on the beach and in the sun and won’t be moveing for aleast another month or more. They certainly are not north trying to go south. take it from a experience sailor

By: Lazy In Bermuda...

Lazy In Bermuda... — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:54:39 +0000

Thank you USA!!

By: I'm just sayin...

I'm just sayin... — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:46:27 +0000

The old pilot boat wasn’t suitable for being a pilot boat and you want to use it for SAR? The only reason Boat Troop is being touted to patrol our waters is because they are CHEAPER than BPS. Don’t get me wrong we need an effective SAR capability but we should’t be doing it on the cheap.

By: 2013

2013 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:24 +0000

I wondered why i heard a helicopter..glad all is safe

By: concern

concern — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:42:18 +0000

Glad to hear everyone is safe and sound. However I will point out that this is yet another example of Bermuda needing to have its own Coast Guard. The Regiments Boat Troop should be full time and patrol our waters. We could have fixed up the old pilot boat St. David and used it for this purpose instead of shipping it away.