ffs
"reached out to us"
US law enforcement rushes to assist bumbling Canuck pirates
Crewmates of a replica Canadian pirate ship were rescued last week by US coast guards after the vessel’s engine shut off. Coast guards rescued nine pirates from the Canadian tall ship Liana's Ransom after receiving notification that the vessel's engines were disabled and its sails were wrapped around the mast. As the weather …
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Tuesday 7th April 2015 09:58 GMT jake
So let me get this right ...
A 26 meter (85ish feet) ship's crew were "rescued" by a couple of 47 foot ships? And they didn't think that the 85 foot ship was in danger of sinking sans crew, so they left a transponder on her so she could be retrieved later? In only 10 foot "waves" (seas or swells? Inquiring minds & all that.). And both engines died, in the same incident? And four months earlier, they lost their mast in a similar bit of ... uh ... All I can come up with is "gross incompetence".
Them's not poirate's, matey. Them be lubbers. O' t'first order. But modern-day pirates, mind ... separating fools from their money.
On the bright side, the US Coasties had a good training run at Canada's expense ;-)
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Tuesday 7th April 2015 15:13 GMT Mark 85
Re: I've been on her...
Therein is a big part of the problem. This vessel wasn't designed for anything except coastal day trips to head out to open sea was just pure stupidity. As for the head injury, the idiot was told to jump into the water and then he'd be pulled out but he decided to leap from one ship to the other. I guess he didn't want to get his shoes wet.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
