[Rhodes22-list] Oceans going Rhodes

[Kip Hansen]

Not a Rhodes.

There's a photo of the boat at

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/09/24/man.adrift/index.html

(link supplied my mfm)

Kip

Steve Alm wrote:

> I realize the guy was "just" going out to Catalina, but where was his radio
> backup? EPIRB?  Notification of others, Etc.?  His survival skills have been
> proven.  Now, let's talk about his contingency planning...(but then, who
> needs a plan when you can float to Cost Rica on birds and rainwater, right?)
>
> How do you suppose he killed the birds?  Clunking them over the head with
> his hand-held?  Snaring them with his antenna cable?  Whittling his paddle
> down to make a spear?  Catching rainwater in his...lifeboat?  HELLO?
> Really!!??  How wise is it to venture out into the Pacific ocean, infamous
> for its confused seas, alone, in a smallish boat without SOME kind of safety
> net?
>
> Great survivalist.  Clever bird hunter.  Short on brains!!!!  Surely, this
> could have been prevented.  I hope the movie proves that he was just that
> damn good a sailor and simply got unlucky.
>
> Slim
>
> P.S.  The subject line says: Ocean going Rhodes.  Please tell me this wasn't
> really a Rhodie.  Was it a Rhodes?  I didn't hear that part.
>
> On 9/25/02 8:09 PM, "Robert Quinn" <rjquinn@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > I heard the story this morning on the news and we watched the video of the
> > fellow and the boat today - obviously this fellow's survival skills are top
> > notch to say the least.  Books and movies to follow!
> >
> > Heck two weeks of AF survival school and I wondered whether we'd make it.
> > At least I had company and we pulled each other along.  To do it by yourself
> > is for 3 months you have to be a very special person.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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