Marie Celeste redux

Hi,

It will be interesting to see what happened here.

I hope it is not a hoax as there are a number of people who have put their own lives at risk and continue to do so looking for these chaps.

Ghost yacht found off Australia

Interesting...

The Kaz II was found with its engine running, and a table laid for dinner, but there were no signs of any people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

Hi PropNutt,

Thank you for the news, but Loren beat you to it this morning. I've moved your post under the existing thread.

Hi,
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Carl: That will explain why it vanished from the list after I had copied the link addy for this and was going to paste it into that post the whole thing had gone.

Oops. I scanned the page, but didn't see anything related to Ghost Yacht...but i guess "Marie Celeste redux" has something to do with it!

Ce pas grave, we are a couple of guys moving posts every day here...

Hi,

Here is the Wikipedia version of the original Marie Celeste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Celeste

Just never heard of it....

Hi,

Here is the latest news about this sad story.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4034805a12.html

The fenders were out on the port side when the rescue diver swam aboard,
I saw the footage.
Fishy.

Hi,

Taken from the article I linked to above:

One theory is the men fell overboard in rough seas.

Another is that another vessel came alongside and they boarded it, either willingly or unwillingly, as if they had been attacked by pirates.

But Detective Inspector Warren Webber of Townsville police said just because the KAZ II's rubber fenders had been put over the side, did not necessarily mean the crew were preparing for another vessel to pull up next to it.

"I know that some people have speculated that means another craft has come alongside," Mr Webber said.

"But I'm told it's not unusual for some small craft people not to take the fenders in.

"It's not unknown for them to be left out."

Whether the fenders are a "clue" or not would depend on what can be learned from people who know the boats owner. What were his boating habits? There are many questions that can be asked of friends and family to learn what other possibilities can be factored in. I have a lot of experience in trying to determine the facts of a search and rescue case and reaching out to anyone and everyone who may have knowledge of the boat and the people on them is paramount.
With that said, IMHO, I believe that most experieced sailors stow their fenders when the get underway. It's just good seamanship.

Sean