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A sad day indeed. Glad to hear everyone is safe and hope Joe is able
to find Red Cloud and bring her home safely.


One of the news articles said that the USCG had put a tracking device
aboard to make here easy to find. With any luck at all, Joe is out
there now towing her back.


OzOne wrote:
Yes, sad...though I'd respectfully suggest that if Red Cloud manages
to stay afloat unmanned then she was abandoned way to quickly.


Well, the problem is not that she was sinking (although apparently
taking on water thru broken elements of the superstructure) but that
one of the crew was injured. Changes the equation entirely, and the
USCG will not evacuate one person of the crew. It's either all or none
(a policy that I can see the reason for, but don't agree with).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Surely that depends on what message Joe called in ? I cannot believe that
the USCG would insist on bringing everybody off if Joe had simply asked for
an injured crewmember to be taken off.. Surely a Captain does not relinquish
his rights and responsibilities and has to accept orders from USCG just
because he asked for an injured person to be taken off? I do not believe
that any coastguard service in Europe has such powers. I understand that
Joe wanted to stay aboard and the price for wanting his injured wife to be
helped is that he has possibly lost his ship.