Still Waters Posted August 31, 2012 #1 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A Scottish skipper has set a new world record after finding a message in a bottle 98 years after it was released. Andrew Leaper's discovery beat the previous record for the longest time a bottle has been adrift at sea by more than five years. And he found the bottle while skippering the same fishing boat which had set the previous record, the Shetland-based vessel Copious. Mr Leaper said: "It was an amazing coincidence." The find has been confirmed as a new record by Guinness World Records. The drift bottle - containing a postcard which promised a reward of six pence to the finder - was released in June 1914 by Captain CH Brown of the Glasgow School of Navigation. http://www.bbc.co.uk...etland-19422354 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockabyeBillie Posted August 31, 2012 #2 Share Posted August 31, 2012 oh how exciting! Wonder if he'll collect the six pence! lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted August 31, 2012 #3 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Thank heavens its a real message in a bottle...... thought for a moment that it was a coded message saying that they had found Sting..!!...that would be the last thing the human race needs..!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted August 31, 2012 #4 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I love the fact that the previous record holder was a friend of his and found his bottle whilst on the same boat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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