The Four-Inch Signal That Saved Her: 12 Days Drifting Pelican Shoal
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The Four-Inch Signal That Saved Her: 12 Days Drifting Pelican Shoal
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A tiny four-inch mirror, a Cessna at 4,500 feet and twelve days of drifting across the Florida Keys - the difference between rescue and the open Atlantic came down to a coin-sized flash that almost never happened. How did a methodical sailor with a sealed distress beacon and four flares end up rationing water, nursing two cracked ribs, and hiding her last signaling tool inside a coral head - and then be seen from the sky?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from departure to rescue, laying out the decisions, equipment failures, and narrow margins that defined Heather Sheridan’s twelve days at sea. What combination of small, preventable problems and stubborn resourcefulness brought her back?
Date: February 16, 2019
Person: Heather Sheridan
Vessel: Ardea (34-foot cutter)
Location: Islamorada to Dry Tortugas area, Florida Keys
Injury: two cracked ribs
- Departure logged on float plan: February 2; actual departure: February 4.
- Signal mirror size: 4 inches square, military surplus, with a central sighting hole.
- Altitude of observing aircraft: 4,500 feet; observer: Cessna transect on February 16.
- EPIRB battery: four years old and noted for replacement in maintenance log.
- Flares: four carried in a sealed bag; two failed to ignite on February 6 due to moisture intrusion.
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