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On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:10:14 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Not to be ghoulish, but that's about where the lost boat Rule 62, with one
crew lost, the other three airlifted from the beach, has washed up. Full
story found by searching "Rule 62" and "Caribbean 1500" - a real
heartbreaker...


Yes, very sad.

I wonder what led them to be in that area, certainly a poor choice for
a landfall in bad conditions, if they had a choice.

http://coconuttelegraph.net/forums/a...d=128976104 1