A 3 hour Cruise

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
'splain to me how this guy set sail from Long Beach, CA for a 26 mile trip to Catalina and was found off the coast of Costa Rica. Long Beach is on the west coast of the US and Costa Rica is off the East coast of the US. There are only three ways to get from Long Beach to Costa Rica:
1. He floated through the locks of the Panama Canal without anyone seeing him.
2. He floated South around the tip of South America, I believe it's called the Cape of Storms, and then floated north to the point where he was discovered.
3. He floated West across the Pacific, eventually passing by the Southern tip of Africa, across the Atlantic to the point where he was discovered.

Did I misunderstand something?

Costa Rica is part of the Central America connector...so it has a west coast facing the Pacific...

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
'splain to me how this guy set sail from Long Beach, CA for a 26 mile trip to Catalina and was found off the coast of Costa Rica. Long Beach is on the west coast of the US and Costa Rica is off the East coast of the US. There are only three ways to get from Long Beach to Costa Rica:
1. He floated through the locks of the Panama Canal without anyone seeing him.
2. He floated South around the tip of South America, I believe it's called the Cape of Storms, and then floated north to the point where he was discovered.
3. He floated West across the Pacific, eventually passing by the Southern tip of Africa, across the Atlantic to the point where he was discovered.

Did I misunderstand something?

You're thinking of Cuba or something.

 

[HappyPuppy]

My bad. I was obviously thinking of something else. Forgive me my fellow ATOTers.

 

[Azraele]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
How much do you want to bet that after reading this story someone or some org. buys him a new boat?

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man inspired by a Vietnamese-born sailor's harrowing four-month journey adrift at sea said he would like to give his sloop to Richard Van Pham, who survived by eating turtles and fish that swam near his tiny sailboat until his rescue by a Navy warship.

 

[dolph]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Red Dawn How much do you want to bet that after reading this story someone or some org. buys him a new boat?

If I had $100 million I'd buy him a new boat.

if i had a million dollars, i'd buy him a green dress.

 

[Red Dawn]

if i had a million dollars, i'd buy him a green dress.

That would be cruel

 

[ObiDon]

The boat was so badly damaged that it had to be sunk.

Huh?!? It was still able to float, wasn't it? What's the deal? It's not like a race horse with a broken leg.

Disclaimer: I do not endorse "putting down" injured racing horses.

 

[pdo]