Re: TWL: Japanese Trawler story--things that go bump
Subject: Re: TWL: Japanese Trawler story--things that go bump
From: Ross Fleming (rossflem@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 15:55:45 EST
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:11:19 EST, Thataway@XXX.XXX wrote:
>In approx 1994 a Chillean Sub, with a U S "advisor" surfaced off the S. Coast
>of Vancouver Island under a sailboat. The boat was sunk, the owner was taken
>aboard the sub and detained for about six hours.
This incident was covered in the local press at the time. As
I recall the sub was running surfaced in the Straights of Juan de Fuca
in heavy fog. The sailboat was struck and sunk immediately. The
skipper was singlehanded and survived to be rescued by the sub crew by
clinging to the propane cylinder from his BBQ. The operator finally
won a lawsuit against the Chillers Navy but I don't know if he ever
collected a judgment.
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Ross Fleming rossflem@XXX.XXX
S/V Renown Gulfstar 39
Seattle, Washington
