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dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom says...


I can't believe anyone is even responding to this wacko.

Oh come on! It's an interesting exercise.

Gogarty wrote:
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dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom says...
I can't believe anyone is even responding to this wacko.

Oh come on! It's an interesting exercise.

Actually, yes. There are thriller novels where the hero actually
does disapperar in a sail yacht, "you can cruise the Caribbean until the
end of time without being detected". I did think it was a bit strange
when I read that. I would like to cite a title, but my bookshelf is a
mess.

Dag Stenberg

Earlier in this thread I mentioned a highjacked cruise ship in the western
Atlantic outside the Caribbean that all the resources of the US Navy and
several others could not find for several days. Does anyone recall that
incident?

wrote:
Here is a hypothetical question:

If somebody on a sailboat did NOT want to be found ...

given the state of paranoia being perpetuated by the Bush regime, and
granted only one anecdotal report of repeated military interception by a
fellow sailor doing a Chesapeake-Tortola run recently, the likelihood of
being observed while offshore is probably fairly high

asking the hypothetical question in an unmoderated Usenet ng is not the
smartest thing you could have done

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Here is a hypothetical question:

If somebody on a sailboat did NOT want to be found and had a 36 hour
head start leaving someplace like say the N. Florida Gulf coast, how
difficult would it be to find him. I assume the sailor not wanting to
be found could take some measures such as painting his boat a grey
color to match the water or even paint his sails, not use lights at
night, etc. What else can you think of to minimize his chances of
being found.
How difficult would it be in this case for conventional SAR to find
him? Remember, every 36 hours, the necesary search area quadruples
until after a few days it covers the entire Gulf of Mexico and its
shoreline.
I think it might be possible for such a sailor to elude being found for
a long time.

Some years ago there was a cruise ship high jacked in the weastern
Atlantic. It took days before the authoritries could find it. Anyone
remember that one?