US Virgin Is - Sarm Joan Lillian Heslop, 41, British, aboard vessel Siren Song, St. John, 7 Mar 2021

[shotgun09]

It's understood the couple had lined up ten or more bookings for the coming season, worth around $100,000.
American boyfriend of missing Sarm Heslop refuses to discuss his girlfriend's disappearance | Daily Mail Online

If not for any love for Sarm it seems like RB would figure out a way to safely cooperate with LE just to save his livelihood. 100k is a lot to lose, especially if he was not involved in Sarm's disappearance.

IMO at this point he might as well pack up his charter service - who's going to book with him - he didn't follow proper MOB procedures even though he told LE he thought Sarm fell overboard. Who would be comfortable sleeping on his boat? I wouldn't. MOO.

Yep! His charter business is :

< Insert your imaginative picture of a piece of seriously burnt toast here >

 

[Inthedetails]

Yep! His charter business is :

< Insert your imaginative picture of a piece of seriously burnt toast here >

Do people check info like this, though? I imagine most people booking the boat are not from USVI, so might not know about this story at all. When I'm booking vacation outings or when I've booked event venues for groups, I've never googled the owner to see if they had a girlfriend go missing, ykwim?

jmo

 

[shotgun09]

Do people check info like this, though? I imagine most people booking the boat are not from USVI, so might not know about this story at all. When I'm booking vacation outings or when I've booked event venues for groups, I've never googled the owner to see if they had a girlfriend go missing, ykwim?

jmo

I do! I check out any and all reviews of anyplace I plan to spend my money and time on. There are many that I have stepped back/away from due to poor reviews. It just takes time, but it's all available at your fingertips. Google the name of his boat, and you get the story!!

 

[ApparentlyInDenial]

I do! I check out any and all reviews of anyplace I plan to spend my money and time on. There are many that I have stepped back/away from due to poor reviews. It just takes time, but it's all available at your fingertips. Google the name of his boat, and you get the story!!

Especially a yacht - you’d always google the name, even if out of simple curiosity. He can change the name though.

Let’s see - this might go a very strange way, we don’t know yet. And if he’s convicted of anything he won’t need a business.

 

[Sheila Terranova]

Do people check info like this, though? I imagine most people booking the boat are not from USVI, so might not know about this story at all. When I'm booking vacation outings or when I've booked event venues for groups, I've never googled the owner to see if they had a girlfriend go missing, ykwim?

jmo

But I bet all of us will going forward!

 

[jennieohhh]

Siren Song by Robert Edric...umm. pretty eerie.
9780552771436 - Siren Song by Robert Edric

 

[insearchoflight]

Siren Song by Robert Edric...umm. pretty eerie.
9780552771436 - Siren Song by Robert Edric

Ok that’s creepy

 

[Jsizzle]

Siren Song by Robert Edric...umm. pretty eerie.
9780552771436 - Siren Song by Robert Edric

OMG

 

[Inthedetails]

But I bet all of us will going forward!

True!

 

[JuicyLucy]

VI has laws regarding boating under influence (yes, BUI is a thing! ). Their rules state that if you're operating a boat in VI territory, then CG or other LE will require you to consent to with-cause testing.

Automatic BUI limit is 0.08% blood alcohol concentration; though it can be 0.05-0.08% of they have other evidence that you are under influence - say, recorded observations of drunken behaviour etc.

IMO, this alone could explain the delay in alerting the CG. Based on RB's build, I would say that equates to around 4 units of alcohol. I've read that after the end of a charter yacht crews tend to let their hair down in considerable style, so my guess is he'd consumed rather more than that. A unit of alcohol takes around an hour to be metabolised, so he could easily have needed to wait until morning to be sure of passing a breath or blood test.

JMO

Bedtime reading: Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

 

[Inthedetails]

IMO, this alone could explain the delay in alerting the CG. Based on RB's build, I would say that equates to around 4 units of alcohol. I've read that after the end of a charter yacht crews tend to let their hair down in considerable style, so my guess is he'd consumed rather more than that. A unit of alcohol takes around an hour to be metabolised, so he could easily have needed to wait until morning to be sure of passing a breath or blood test.

JMO

Bedtime reading: Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

It's not illegal to be drunk on your own boat though?

 

[Inthedetails]

It's not illegal to be drunk on your own boat though?

Or do mean because he had been driving the boat? I mean, you can drink on your boat if it's not moving, or not?

jmo

 

[MsMarple]

Do people check info like this, though? I imagine most people booking the boat are not from USVI, so might not know about this story at all. When I'm booking vacation outings or when I've booked event venues for groups, I've never googled the owner to see if they had a girlfriend go missing, ykwim?

jmo

I personally believe (so JMO) that people do look into potential vacation booking.

So far Sarm's story has been posted in the USVI news, New York and Michigan newspapers. And the Daily Mail, BBC, CrimeOnline, the Telegraph, The Sun, And probably more - these are just the ones I can easily recall.

RB has pulled his website and put future charters on hold. Each week he's losing money so even if someone hires him without knowing the story it's still quite a ways down the road IMO. In fact, IMO he may never recover. Word will get around the yachting world, there's no doubt of that. People will talk. All MOO.

 

[KALI]

I sure hope so, because I certainly do. But. I have a strict rule I do not leave my boat after even 1 glass of wine. We had the owner of a large yacht on our dock drown last year. He decided to take out the trash after he threw a party.
Apparently hit a cleat, then fell, hitting his head and landing in the water. His body was found next morning floating next to his boat.
Sad.

Or do mean because he had been driving the boat? I mean, you can drink on your boat if it's not moving, or not?

jmo

 

[ApparentlyInDenial]

OMG

Ummmm! Where was the author of this book at the time SH went missing...?

 

[Willowwood26]

I think it bears mentioning, that when they split up, she moved to Malta. Quite a jump on the globe. And I'm sure we all have ideas about why they split.

moo

When who split up? Thank you.

 

[insearchoflight]

When who split up? Thank you.

Sarm and boyfriend split up previously and Sarm moved to Malta. She recently returned back to be the chef on boyfriend’s charters.
Sarm Heslop biography: 13 things about Ryan Bane’s girlfriend from Southampton, England

 

[swedeheart]

Sarm Heslop's boyfriend was quick to anger, his ex-wife says | Daily Mail Online

The American boyfriend of missing British woman Sarm Heslop has been described by his ex-wife as quick to anger and narcissistic - as it's revealed he and his yacht have now left the spot in the US Virgin Islands where she vanished.

 

[JuicyLucy]

It's not illegal to be drunk on your own boat though?

But they took the dinghy to shore to go for dinner, iirc, and then back again obviously. If there was a chance he might lose his captain's ticket because of that, then I think it goes without saying he would delay.

What would be the penalty if he failed a BAC test, @TreiseOg?

JMO

 

[TreiseOg]

But they took the dinghy to shore to go for dinner, iirc, and then back again obviously. If there was a chance he might lose his captain's ticket because of that, then I think it goes without saying he would delay.

What would be the penalty if he failed a BAC test, @TreiseOg?

JMO

Firstly re whether it's legal or not, I think the key word here is 'operating'. Plus again bear in mind any test request would be with cause - e.g. if you have a boating accident or are openly drunk and come to CG attention.

Re penalties, depending upon prior violations, I believe they start at a thousand dollar fine/year in prison or two thousand dollars/two years in prison.