Alone at Sea: The Dry Book That Refused to Sink
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Alone at Sea: The Dry Book That Refused to Sink
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A dry library book was found wrapped in cling film inside an empty life raft floating in the Gulf of Mexico two days after a crabber hauled it up eleven miles south-southwest of Pelican Shoals buoy - how did the raft get away from the person who launched it, and were they still alive? The raft was salt-crusted, everything else soaked and ruined, yet The Practical Celestial Navigator remained perfectly intact; what does that single detail reveal about what happened next?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from a missing solo sailor’s float plan to the discovery of the empty life raft and the small, odd clues that guided a Coast Guard search coordinator’s questions. You’ll hear what was found on board the sloop Soledad, the entries in Marie White’s log, and the moments that narrowed the search - starting with that dry book.
Person: Marie White
Date: departed January 29; book published 1981; birthday previous October (age 62)
Location: Bradenton City Marina departure; dismasted ~40 miles west of Cape Romano; raft found 11 miles SSW of Pelican Shoals buoy
Vessel: 34-foot fiberglass sloop named Soledad, built 1988, owned six years
Event: life raft found by commercial crabber Karen Burke on morning of February 9; Coast Guard called at 6:53 AM
- The life raft was found dry inside with a library hardcover titled The Practical Celestial Navigator wrapped in kitchen cling film.
- Marie had been absent from her regular Wednesday animal shelter shifts only four times in seven years, and had missed the shift on February 3 without notice.
- Marie departed Bradenton City Marina around 5:30 PM on January 29 and had been at sea seven days before ashore observers registered concern.
- In under four minutes during the squall the wind jumped from 12 knots to 35 knots and the mast came down at the starboard lower shroud chainplate.
- After the mast fell the rigging wrapped around the propeller following approximately six hours of motor use, leaving the engine spinning freely and disabling propulsion.
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