StoneAgeQueen Posted April 20, 2007 #1 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast. The vessel was found with its engine running, and a table laid for dinner, but there were no signs of any people. An air and sea rescue operation has been launched to retrace the yacht's voyage, and pinpoint the search area. The three-crew members are thought to have set sail for Townsville from Airlie Beach on Sunday. The 12m (40 foot) catamaran was spotted by a helicopter on Wednesday, but a rescue team only reached the boat on Friday, and confirmed that there was no one aboard. Rescue crews say they are puzzled by the mysterious disappearance Go How weird. I wonder what happened to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted April 20, 2007 #2 Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) These ghost ships have been reported before...the bali bombers were rumoured to be on a ghost ship and they disappeared...interesting...had it been pirates they would have stripped the boat..in these cases nothings touched except the people are gone?.... Edited April 20, 2007 by limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneAgeQueen Posted April 20, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted April 20, 2007 yeah it seems like it.. very strange indeed. Maybe a freak wave knocked them off the side or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted April 20, 2007 #4 Share Posted April 20, 2007 yeah it seems like it.. very strange indeed. Maybe a freak wave knocked them off the side or something? I dunno...another mystery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted April 20, 2007 #5 Share Posted April 20, 2007 yeah it seems like it.. very strange indeed. Maybe a freak wave knocked them off the side or something? But if a wave knocked them off, wouldn't there be water in the boat to at least point to that solution? Quite interesting. The only other thing it oculd be is a hoax since the story of the Mary Celeste is so famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted April 20, 2007 #6 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Freaky. The twilight zone. *Makes the sound* Who knows. They'll probably still out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
when.i.am.queen. Posted April 21, 2007 #7 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hmm I heard about this one on the news tonight. YOU would have thought that if it was a freak wave or something, that some of the food would have been knocked over or something, if it was strong enough to knock everybody else overboard? Its kind of scary to think of something like that happening to Australia..to me it kind of seems a bit to close to home. Nothing interesting ever happens here, which is how I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalcustard Posted April 21, 2007 #8 Share Posted April 21, 2007 reminds me of the film cocoon, very strange though, very strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladygrim Posted April 22, 2007 #9 Share Posted April 22, 2007 very strange indeed !!! i mean 3 men cant just fall overboard ....can they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted April 22, 2007 #10 Share Posted April 22, 2007 maybe they got abducted by?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hill Posted April 22, 2007 #11 Share Posted April 22, 2007 very strange indeed !!! i mean 3 men cant just fall overboard ....can they I don't know, it is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchstopper Posted April 23, 2007 #12 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I just read an update that said that neatly stacked clothes were found on deck , as if they had gotten undressed to go swimming. The question of whether they witnessed something they were not supposed to also came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheza Posted April 23, 2007 #13 Share Posted April 23, 2007 At first i thought pirates, as they had there tenders deployed, but nothing was stolen. A freak wave is my guess, one or more were swept in and others went in to save them. Still doesn't explain the tenders though. They may have witnessed something, watchstopper, I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3LOAD Posted April 23, 2007 #14 Share Posted April 23, 2007 what do you mean witnessed something? and that three stooges thing had me laughing so hard lol that was a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlimited Posted April 23, 2007 #15 Share Posted April 23, 2007 does anyone know the missing guys names?..or affiliations?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explorer Posted April 23, 2007 #16 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Derek Batten, 56, Peter Tunstead, 69, James Tunstead, 63. The search has been suspended but the families are apparently chartering boats to continue the search themselves. So I heard on the tv news. Unless there's a miracle, RIP to the Kaz II three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkmason Posted April 24, 2007 #17 Share Posted April 24, 2007 very strange indeed !!! i mean 3 men cant just fall overboard ....can they 2 words for you Vodka and Nudity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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