Full story and more photos on Achill Island’s Coastguard page: http://surl.li/drdjp
Conditions were insane all last week, heavy swell and storm force winds, you wouldn’t even consider sailing in those conditions, you’d have almost zero chance in a tiny vessel.
Not only that, they appeared to have no communication equipment, no flare, phone, beacon, noting, zilch. They were super lucky to wash in in that tiny beach. After 3 days one of the crew climbed up the cliffs which are massive and not very climbable and walked to a house to raise the alarm.
If they hadn’t climbed the cliff, they could have spent weeks there without anyone seeing them.
The whole story is nuts, a little bit suss too that you’d attempt to navigate in a storm with no radio. It’ll be interesting to get the whole story.
Cellphone signal is shite up there.
You can moor there mate.
Is it true that Colombian marching powder is involved?
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Full story and more photos on Achill Island’s Coastguard page:
http://surl.li/drdjp
Conditions were insane all last week, heavy swell and storm force winds, you wouldn’t even consider sailing in those conditions, you’d have almost zero chance in a tiny vessel.
Not only that, they appeared to have no communication equipment, no flare, phone, beacon, noting, zilch. They were super lucky to wash in in that tiny beach. After 3 days one of the crew climbed up the cliffs which are massive and not very climbable and walked to a house to raise the alarm.
If they hadn’t climbed the cliff, they could have spent weeks there without anyone seeing them.
The whole story is nuts, a little bit suss too that you’d attempt to navigate in a storm with no radio. It’ll be interesting to get the whole story.
Cellphone signal is shite up there.
You can moor there mate.
Is it true that Colombian marching powder is involved?