'Ghost yacht' found off Australia

[Tristan]

Any updates on this story? It's quite bizarre.

 

[dingo]

I think the families are the only ones still holding on to hope.

 

[narlacat]

Im pretty sure we dont have anacondas in our waters PFM......so we can proberly rule that therory out.

Are you sure Dingo :waitasec:

 

[dingo]

Ive never seen one

 

[kazzbar]

Ive never seen one

Anaconda live in the jungle do'nt they? I am not much of a snake expert....

 

[narlacat]

Anaconda live in the jungle do'nt they? I am not much of a snake expert....

Yes but not in Australia lol-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda

 

[dingo]

We dont have jungles do we?

 

[kazzbar]

We dont have jungles do we?

No not normally but my neighours have one. it is called a 'garden'.....

 

[dingo]

Just seen a bit about the Ghost Ship on Today Tonight.....authorities cant understand why the mask was ripped but their folded clothes remained neat and tidy....nothing else seemed out of place either.
There was also a fishing line still tied to the boat......family think they will find them sunburnt on a beach somewhere .......I hope they are right but the odds are not in their favour

 

[kazzbar]

Just seen a bit about the Ghost Ship on Today Tonight.....authorities cant understand why the mask was ripped but their folded clothes remained neat and tidy....nothing else seemed out of place either.
There was also a fishing line still tied to the boat......family think they will find them sunburnt on a beach somewhere .......I hope they are right but the odds are not in their favour

I think the family are delusional...but Hey, I could be wrong... i was once...

 

[dingo]

I suppose hope is the only thing they have to cling too......

 

[Shazza]

I wonder how much each of the gentlemen's life insurances may have run to and if they had all three thought about a fresh start having maybe left their families financially covered?

I also suggested that way back in the posts a bit, it has been done before, you never know.

 

[Shazza]

I suppose hope is the only thing they have to cling too......

I suppose until they have bodies, or they are found they wont have closure, I think I would be the same I would need to know one way or the other, I would be clinging to hope aswell, and I would also organise a search party, as the one that was in place has been cancelled. The waiting and not knowing would kill me.

 

[AlwaysShocked]

"The men's clothes were found folded in neat piles on the rear deck, as if they had gone swimming."

This fact would seem to rule out foul play. Even if "pirates" came aside them, boarded their craft, and ordered them to disrobe, they would hardly have neatly foled their clothing and placed it in "neat piles".

It sure sounds like they decided to "take a dip" as opposed to having been swept overboard. So, assuming all three entered the water voluntarily, then what? The boat drifted away from them? They got carried away from the boat?

I noticed one of the men's daughter referred to these men in a quote as "these three idiots". While she probably regrets using that phrase at this point, it does indicate a mind-set and/or attitude, doesn't it?

Supposedly this was a long-planned trip. Were each of these gentlemen capable of thinking straight, I wonder? Or were they somehow known for making poor decisions? Didn't really have enough sailing experience to take on a trip of this nature?

I think they decided to do some skinny dipping in the ocean and got swept away from the boat. They will probably never be found.

 

[Shazza]

"The men's clothes were found folded in neat piles on the rear deck, as if they had gone swimming."

This fact would seem to rule out foul play. Even if "pirates" came aside them, boarded their craft, and ordered them to disrobe, they would hardly have neatly foled their clothing and placed it in "neat piles".

It sure sounds like they decided to "take a dip" as opposed to having been swept overboard. So, assuming all three entered the water voluntarily, then what? The boat drifted away from them? They got carried away from the boat?

I noticed one of the men's daughter referred to these men in a quote as "these three idiots". While she probably regrets using that phrase at this point, it does indicate a mind-set and/or attitude, doesn't it?

Supposedly this was a long-planned trip. Were each of these gentlemen capable of thinking straight, I wonder? Or were they somehow known for making poor decisions? Didn't really have enough sailing experience to take on a trip of this nature?

I think they decided to do some skinny dipping in the ocean and got swept away from the boat. They will probably never be found.

I dont think they went swimming as one of the men couldnt swim, and one of the other men was a very weak swimmer, so that theory can be put to rest, what non swimmer would go swimming in the ocean.

 

[meowy]

If the good swimmer fell over, began to have troubles.. even a weak swimmer would jump in after perhaps. If that one too began to have trouble, maybe the non swimmer in desperation tried to save his friends as well?

 

[scandi]

At gunpoint one will do what they are told to do, even to include removing their clothing and folding it up. Was that all of their clothing out there, or just one set of clothes?

I can't get past the 3 black floats hanging over the edge of the boat. If a boat tied up to them and took the men on board, those floats would remain as they were found.

Maybe it wasn't at gunpoint! With the sail torn they could not go anywhere for help unless it got really windy when the other sails would fill up.

Now I think they thought this boat was going to rescue them, so they brought their clothes up from down below, neat and all ready to go, and the boat didn't want to wait for some reason for them to get all their stuff. That explains the black floats and the clothes being up on deck. Maybe they all were sick as well and are still traveling on that other boat and don't realize they are the subjects of a giant manhunt!

We have to remember too they are not young bucks, but guys in their 60's!

See you tonight!! Scandi

 

[gman20001969]

Maybe they committed suicide.. sorry to suggest this guys but who knows?

That's what I said. They made dinner had plates set and then thier clothes were found lain neatly on the bow? They weren't abducted by aliens and it wasn't pirates on the high seas. They committed suicide.

 

[christine2448]

That's what I said. They made dinner had plates set and then thier clothes were found lain neatly on the bow? They weren't abducted by aliens and it wasn't pirates on the high seas. They committed suicide.

I disagree...I think that is too far out in left field. What are the odds that all three men would want to die? That's too far fetched for me, JMO.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Reviewing the GPS history, they should have a very good idea as to exactly when the boat started drifting. They have already stated that it began drifting within the first 24 hours, but they can probably pin that down even more.

It seems strange that the boat started drifting on the same day it left port:

The three sailors were last seen leaving the northeastern town of Airlie Beach on Sunday, April 15, the first leg of a two-month trip around Australia's north coast.

Investigators who reviewed the vessel's global positioning system said the boat had been drifting with the wind and currents since Sunday, when the trio may have hit rough seas.

One news article, I read, stated that there were 30 knot winds when they left, and that person stated he wouldn't have gone out under those conditions; if the winds were up at all, I wonder why they departed when they did??

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mystery-of-kaz-iis-missing-crew/2007/04/20/1176697042357.html