Youtube film based on the Robertson family "Survive the Savage Sea"
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bikedaft
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looks good, thanks. will watch it once kids back in bed 
Wandering Star
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I started watching it with some trepidation having watched the awful "All is Lost" film. This film is actually quite good and enjoyable, thanks for the YouTube link.
ronsurf
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It's much better than All is Lost, that's for sure. I saw the dinghy on exhibition at the Maritime Museum, and very small it is too.
Dougal was Scottish, poor and they sailed from Falmouth. The facts make interesting reading:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/22/shipwreck-lucette-sailing
Dougal was Scottish, poor and they sailed from Falmouth. The facts make interesting reading:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/22/shipwreck-lucette-sailing
Sailingsaves
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That is one small boat.
http://i.guim.co.uk/w-700/h--/q-95/...50693900198/Robertsons-rescued-in-Pac-004.jpg
I read the book; what an ordeal. I think the enemas administered by the wife (wasn't she a nurse?) helped them survive the lack of drinking water.
http://i.guim.co.uk/w-700/h--/q-95/...50693900198/Robertsons-rescued-in-Pac-004.jpg
I read the book; what an ordeal. I think the enemas administered by the wife (wasn't she a nurse?) helped them survive the lack of drinking water.
Wandering Star
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Those were the Baileys, Maurice and Marilyn I think? Yes she was a nurse and administered rectal enemas using turtle blood which most probably kept them alive. After their ordeal they ran a used boat gear shop "Yot Grot" in Lymington. Just looked up the name of the book it's 117 Days Adrift - a terrific read IMO.
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BlackPig
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At the end of the bok they said it probably made no difference. The crew never had them ad was no worse off. I think the risk of infection would out way any benefits, unless you were a medical person.
