Redsky wrote:

Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-
man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

- Dennis Jay
Annapolis, MD


I saw that story on Yahoo this morning also.
According to the story, the motor was running, a
laptop was on, and there was dinner set on the
table. The three crew were missing. How odd.
The Aussies have towed in the Cat and recovered
the GPS to look at where it has been.

Trying to think of possible scenarios:

1) Drug rendezvous off the coast went badly, and
crew were kidnapped or killed.
2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue
attempt?
3) Falling out among the crew. Murder & suicide?

Hmm...

Don W.

Don W wrote:

Redsky wrote:

Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-
man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

I saw that story on Yahoo this morning also. According to the story, the
motor was running, a laptop was on, and there was dinner set on the
table. The three crew were missing. How odd. The Aussies have towed in
the Cat and recovered the GPS to look at where it has been.

Trying to think of possible scenarios:

1) Drug rendezvous off the coast went badly, and crew were kidnapped or
killed.
2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue attempt?
3) Falling out among the crew. Murder & suicide?

Hmm...

Don W.

And the one the families are hoping for:

4) 3 guys went fishing in the dinghy, and the
yacht drifted away while they were on the beach.

Don W.

On Apr 20, 11:44 am, Don W
wrote:
Don W wrote:
Redsky wrote:

Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-
man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

I saw that story on Yahoo this morning also. According to the story, the
motor was running, a laptop was on, and there was dinner set on the
table. The three crew were missing. How odd. The Aussies have towed in
the Cat and recovered the GPS to look at where it has been.

Trying to think of possible scenarios:

1) Drug rendezvous off the coast went badly, and crew were kidnapped or
killed.
2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue attempt?
3) Falling out among the crew. Murder & suicide?

Hmm...

Don W.

And the one the families are hoping for:

4) 3 guys went fishing in the dinghy, and the
yacht drifted away while they were on the beach.

Don W.

I was thinking 2). Some of the things that struck me as odd include: 3
bumpers hanging on the port life line, 1 on the starboard; the RIB is
on davits and the motor is still attached; there appears to a reef in
the main, but the genoa looks fully deployed (broken furling line?);
no evidence of life-raft mounting points; the cunningham is either
broken or was being used as a preventer; and does anyone know what the
gray, rectilinear enclosure over the transom might be?

On Apr 20, 12:36 pm, wrote:
On Apr 20, 11:44 am, Don W
wrote:



Don W wrote:
Redsky wrote:

Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-
man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

I saw that story on Yahoo this morning also. According to the story, the
motor was running, a laptop was on, and there was dinner set on the
table. The three crew were missing. How odd. The Aussies have towed in
the Cat and recovered the GPS to look at where it has been.

Trying to think of possible scenarios:

1) Drug rendezvous off the coast went badly, and crew were kidnapped or
killed.
2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue attempt?
3) Falling out among the crew. Murder & suicide?

Hmm...

Don W.

And the one the families are hoping for:

4) 3 guys went fishing in the dinghy, and the
yacht drifted away while they were on the beach.

Don W.

I was thinking 2). Some of the things that struck me as odd include: 3
bumpers hanging on the port life line, 1 on the starboard; the RIB is
on davits and the motor is still attached; there appears to a reef in
the main, but the genoa looks fully deployed (broken furling line?);
no evidence of life-raft mounting points; the cunningham is either
broken or was being used as a preventer; and does anyone know what the
gray, rectilinear enclosure over the transom might be?

Some additional info:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...=null&offset=0

Don W wrote in news:VJ4Wh.1390$H_.16
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net:

2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue
attempt?


I noticed there was no mention of lifelines or harnesses on deck. 2 seems
pretty likely, if this is true. Of course, too, the weather wasn't rough
enough to throw that laptop to the deck and no mention was made of the
inside of it being scrambled like our boat looks every time it gets really
rough out there.

Pirates could have been covering their tracks, but wouldn't pirates STRIP
the boat of an expensive laptop, electronics and anything else they could?

3 seems unlikely. Those are usually laying dead on the deck next to the
pistol. No mention of weapons or holes from weapons.

Larry
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"Larry" wrote in message
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Don W wrote in
news:VJ4Wh.1390$H_.16
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net:

2) MOB and the rest of crew fell in during rescue
attempt?


I noticed there was no mention of lifelines or harnesses on deck. 2 seems
pretty likely, if this is true. Of course, too, the weather wasn't rough
enough to throw that laptop to the deck and no mention was made of the
inside of it being scrambled like our boat looks every time it gets really
rough out there.

Pirates could have been covering their tracks, but wouldn't pirates STRIP
the boat of an expensive laptop, electronics and anything else they could?

3 seems unlikely. Those are usually laying dead on the deck next to the
pistol. No mention of weapons or holes from weapons.

Larry
--

A giant clam jumped up on deck and ate them.

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:

A giant clam jumped up on deck and ate them.



Isn't Australia famous for its Great White Sharks?

Larry
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Isn't Australia famous for its Great White Sharks?

Larry
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They said tiger sharks in that area and that the odds of surviving
long in the water was slim due to sharks, not the water. It seems
that all of the equipment is on board. Wouldn't a rescue for a man
overboard involve life jackets? The dinghy was still attached so that
sort of rules out the men going fishing or going in for a picnic and
the boat getting away from them. Very strange. Maybe they found a
boat with a bunch of hot young girls headed for Malasia and they just
jumped on board with them deciding to start new lives in a new part of
the world and leave eveyone behind thinking they are dead when they
are really having the time of thier lives.

"Bill" wrote in message
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Isn't Australia famous for its Great White Sharks?

Larry
--

They said tiger sharks in that area and that the odds of surviving
long in the water was slim due to sharks, not the water. It seems
that all of the equipment is on board. Wouldn't a rescue for a man
overboard involve life jackets? The dinghy was still attached so that
sort of rules out the men going fishing or going in for a picnic and
the boat getting away from them. Very strange. Maybe they found a
boat with a bunch of hot young girls headed for Malasia and they just
jumped on board with them deciding to start new lives in a new part of
the world and leave eveyone behind thinking they are dead when they
are really having the time of thier lives.


Aliens. They were abducted by aliens. My story and I'm sticking to it.

Maybe they found a
boat with a bunch of hot young girls headed for Malasia and they just
jumped on board with them deciding to start new lives in a new part of
the world and leave eveyone behind thinking they are dead when they
are really having the time of thier lives.


Bill,

Not the most likely but surely the most hopeful.

Something tells me you are know as the eternal optimist or greatest dreamer.

Howard