Ghost Yacht

[hembo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

 

 

 

very strange story

Edited April 20, 2007 by hembo

[Elton]

"It was a bit strange," he added.

 

No ****, Sherlock! Very bizarre.

[corydoras]

I heard about this on the BBC. It made me think of the Mary Celeste too.

[Alan Hammond]

The main difference being that the mystery of the Mary Celeste has been explained. Basically it involved the crew taking to the lifeboat when the cargo started to give off toxic fumes. The idea being that the lifeboat was tied to the ship and that they would return to her as soon as the fumes cleared. As was fairly normal practice then. Unfortunately the rope twixt ship and lifeboat parted and the crew were lost. Apparently deserted sailing ships suddenly appearing were not that uncommon at the time and the only reason that the Mary Celeste became so infamous was because a famous author whose name escapes me in my current state of exhaustion got a hold of the story and put a bit of literary spin on it to the extent of renaming her the Marie Celeste. But the Australian one sounds a lot more puzzling given all the modern day communication and life saving equipement on board.

[corydoras]

the only reason that the Mary Celeste became so infamous was because a famous author whose name escapes me in my current state of exhaustion got a hold of the story and put a bit of literary spin on it to the extent of renaming her the Marie Celeste.

The famous author was Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Every thing was normal on the boat apart from one shredded sail the mystery deepens Perhaps a monster from the deep attacked the boat and clawed the three men off shredding the sail in the process.

[Elton]

Given the location, you'd have thought that the crew may have gone diving/snorkelling.

[corydoras]

Every thing was normal on the boat apart from one shredded sail the mystery deepens Perhaps a monster from the deep attacked the boat and clawed the three men off shredding the sail in the process.

The shredded sail is curious. It takes time for a sail to shred.

[Elton]

How long would an engine on a yacht keep running? I assume they're quite small engines and mainly used in harbours.

[corydoras]

How long would an engine on a yacht keep running? I assume they're quite small engines and mainly used in harbours.

They are normally small diesel engines. Running time is limited by the size of the fuel tank.