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Bering Sea crabber disappears without a trace
Posted on 2/15/17 at 12:28 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 12:28 am
with 6 on board
i believe some of the crew were brothers
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With the Coast Guard search for the fishing vessel Destination suspended, the focus is now turning to solving the mystery of what happened to the 95-foot Bering Sea crabbing boat and its six crew members.
Investigators trying to determine what caused the deadliest Bering Sea crabbing disaster in more than 20 years will have little to go on: Hardly a trace of the Destination or the six men aboard has been found.
The 95-foot boat disappeared in the waters just off St. George island Saturday morning. The last two major vessel losses in the Bering Sea crab fleet happened in roughly the same area — within about 100 miles of the Pribilof Islands of St. George and St. Paul.
i believe some of the crew were brothers
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Posted on 2/15/17 at 4:30 am to RogerTheShrubber
My brother is a marine biologist and worked fishing vessels in those waters for years. Dangerous water up there. Somebody dies in that fishing industry yearly it seems like. Crazy a 95 foot ship can go missing.
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 8:05 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 6:05 am to RogerTheShrubber
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i believe some of the crew were brothers
That sucks even more!
Posted on 2/15/17 at 6:11 am to stoms
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Crazy a 95 foot ship can go missing.
I've never been on a 95' but I've fished the gulf in a 65' and a storm hit and it seemed like that boat was about as big as a popping cork. I can imagine some of those storms in the Bering Sea can make most any boat feel small quick.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 6:56 am to RogerTheShrubber
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The 95-foot boat disappeared in the waters just off St. George island Saturday morning. The last two major vessel losses in the Bering Sea crab fleet happened in roughly the same area — within about 100 miles of the Pribilof Islands of St. George and St. Paul.
Weren't they ridiculously close to St. George. I think I read they were 2 miles off the coast. Something catastrophic had to have happened for it to disappear that quickly, no?
Posted on 2/15/17 at 7:21 am to stoms
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Crazy a 95 foot ship can go missing.
This.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 7:40 am to jorconalx
the weirdest part of the whole thing is the fact that there was no SOS call
had they lost power and not been able to hit the waves the correct direction you would at least think they would make a call to coast guard
had they lost power and not been able to hit the waves the correct direction you would at least think they would make a call to coast guard
Posted on 2/15/17 at 7:47 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Bering Sea crabber disappears without a trace
They sank, setting off their EPIRB, which led the Coast Guard to an oil slick, debris field, life rings, and other items showing the vessel went down about two miles off St George.
How is that "without a trace"?
Posted on 2/15/17 at 8:11 am to No Colors
I was going to ask the same thing. They know where the boat went down and found plenty of evidence floating in the water
Posted on 2/15/17 at 8:15 am to Ed Osteen
Yeah it just sank. Conditions were ripe for icing, and they were heading out so the deck was loaded with 800# pots. If it was rolled by a wave there was probably no chance to do anything. Sad story.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 8:38 am to RogerTheShrubber
I bet they forgot to put in their plug.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 8:44 am to stoms
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Crazy a 95 foot ship can go missing
It's a big ocean & remember MH-370 flight out of Malaysia? There you go
Posted on 2/15/17 at 8:58 am to No Colors
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They sank, setting off their EPIRB, which led the Coast Guard to an oil slick, debris field, life rings, and other items showing the vessel went down about two miles off St George
That's exactly what I read also.
Not exactly "without a trace".
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:10 am to RogerTheShrubber
Some rogue waves can flip a 95 boat like a bath toy. If they had hatches open when this happened, it's game over.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:23 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Bering Sea crabber disappears without a trace
misleading title a bit. I thought one person disappeared. i'd suggest editing to crabbing vessel w/ 6 aboard.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 11:22 am to redneck
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the weirdest part of the whole thing is the fact that there was no SOS call
had they lost power and not been able to hit the waves the correct direction you would at least think they would make a call to coast guard
well on the "show" sig hanson said when they lose power, they lose "everything" radio and all so they cant call for help.
I would "think" there is no reason not to have safety items like radios on backup battery power and bilge pumps running on their own isolated fuel source rather then everything depending on the main electrical grid but the "show" made it appear as they dont
Posted on 2/15/17 at 4:33 pm to gorillacoco
Well I'm sure the insurance company, and hopefully not the taxpayer funded US Navy, will spend money and time to recover the vessel and figure out what happened.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:08 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Shame.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:10 pm to TheCurmudgeon
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will spend money and time to recover the vessel and figure out what happened.
I doubt it, I imagine it will sit where it sits for eternity
Posted on 2/15/17 at 5:11 pm to Martini
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I've never been on a 95' but I've fished the gulf in a 65' and a storm hit and it seemed like that boat was about as big as a popping cork. I can imagine some of those storms in the Bering Sea can make most any boat feel small quick.
I was on a cruise for my senior trip and a huge storm hit the night before we were to dock off cozumel
they made everyone leave the top exposed decks and while we were in our rooms the whole boat was swaying like crazy
waves are mean
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