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08-22-2018, 10:31 PM
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City: Vallejo, California
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I wouldn’t be surprised if we find that alcohol was involved.
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"Mahalo Moi"
1986 GB-42 Classic
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08-22-2018, 10:34 PM
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Well now, there’s an awful lot missing from that story, I think. Be interesting to see how the story evolves.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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08-22-2018, 10:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
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The best part of the story is that she survived. I'd like to hear her side of it.
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08-22-2018, 10:50 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,103
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They hit a bridge, later went aground,she fell off, he didn`t notice.....mmm.
How about the lady who "fell" off the Norwegian Sun and was picked after 10 hours by Coastguard in the Adriatic. Smooth and warm seas apparently, but lucky.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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08-23-2018, 06:34 AM
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City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,277
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mahal
The best part of the story is that she survived.
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Hmmm maybe the husband think differently lol
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08-23-2018, 06:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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The usual "the DW fell over board" happens in the BVI or British ports where the captains word is still law , and there is no investigation.
I remember sailing into Kingston , and the first words from the medical officer was "how many died on the voyage Captain?"
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08-23-2018, 08:11 AM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,167
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggitoni
I wouldn’t be surprised if we find that alcohol was involved.
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No. Sailors dont drink. They are superior to power boaters in every way. And even if they do drink they are impervious to its effects because they are master seamen and can control their bodies better than boaters. 😃
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2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
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08-23-2018, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member
City: Punta Gorda
Vessel Name: La Bella Vita
Vessel Model: 2006 Mainship 34T
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 127
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WOW!
First of all, he doesn't seem to be a very good sailor. He runs into a bridge plus runs aground?
Second, he is lucky she was found alive. I would have bet he killed her and dumped her over the side!
Of course, she is very lucky to be alive! Thank God.
Great story, especially the ending. I know I wear a PFD at night, for this exact reason. If you go overboard at night, hope you can swim far enough to get to safety!
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08-23-2018, 01:42 PM
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Senior Member
City: Marietta
Vessel Model: Cobalt 246
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 165
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Wife falls off boat in RI
This is the funniest story all week. First they actually hit the biggest bridge in the state of RI. In another article the CG says the skipper claimed to not remember much after that. Next, he admits to falling asleep (passing out). Then his wife swims ashore at Prudence Island in the middle of the bay, and the long way around from them trying to pull into home port on the west side of the bay. Finally, he runs aground on the most obvious sand bar that side of Hatteras. Then he pulls into his slip at 2am, 10 hours after they started a maybe 15 mile trip? This guy was drunk off his ass. Or maybe weed is now legal in RI!
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08-23-2018, 02:02 PM
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City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,589
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Some things you live through; some things you live down. 
Ted
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I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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08-23-2018, 02:24 PM
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Senior Member
City: Edenton, NC
Vessel Model: Chris Craft Commander
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 161
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2 people on one boat, he doesn't see her for hours, and doesn't realize it til 2am? something's very fishy here. it's odd that there's been no update with her side of the story either.
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08-23-2018, 02:29 PM
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City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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I would bet alcohol was involved but there are plenty of folks (yes even sailors) who can be stupid without the help of alcohol. I really would like to know if she was wearing a PFD. Even with one, she was fortunate.
We have little facts to go on, but what strikes me as the oddest/most suspicious is that he runs aground, which wakes him up, he manages to get off the sand bar, navigates back to his slip, gets tied up, and only then checks on his wife!?
If I woke up from a nap by hitting the bottom when I thought my wife was at the helm, I think one of the first things I would do would be ask her what the hell was going on.
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08-23-2018, 02:38 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Westerly, RI
Vessel Name: N/A
Vessel Model: 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,052
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This feels a lot like a 'Chappaquiddick incident'. Both are drunk, when he passes out and when she falls off is speculation. At some point he realizes she's gone, but is afraid to call mayday. Instead, he rides it out and calls 911 once he's sobered up a bit. He got lucky that she managed to survive by swimming to Prudence Isl.
If this was intentional he would be out in RI sound heading south, not inside of Narragansett bay.
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08-23-2018, 05:52 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,589
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shrew
This feels a lot like a 'Chappaquiddick incident'. Both are drunk, when he passes out and when she falls off is speculation. At some point he realizes she's gone, but is afraid to call mayday. Instead, he rides it out and calls 911 once he's sobered up a bit. He got lucky that she managed to survive by swimming to Prudence Isl.
If this was intentional he would be out in RI sound heading south, not inside of Narragansett bay.
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Chappaquiddick incident?
Are you saying he tried to kill her to avoid an unwanted pregnancy? 
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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08-23-2018, 05:54 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Wonder if he does delivery work...
With my wife as crew! 
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08-23-2018, 06:54 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,103
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Maybe the wife dived off, not fell off. Wisely deserting ship, to swim to safety.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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08-23-2018, 07:14 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mahal
The best part of the story is that she survived. I'd like to hear her side of it.
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You’ll probably be able to read her side in the divorce papers. 
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08-23-2018, 07:32 PM
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Senior Member
City: St James City/Punta Gorda
Vessel Name: Charlie Noble
Vessel Model: 32 Nordic Tug
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 424
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I'm not a religious man by any stretch of the imagination but , God looks out for drunks and fools.
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The best way to find out is get her out on the ocean, because if anything is going to happen it's going to happen out there.
"Captain Ron"
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08-23-2018, 10:22 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,880
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Can’t wait to hear the wife’s side of the story.
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