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The captain almost logged it as debris and moved on

The captain almost logged it as debris and moved on

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The captain almost logged it as debris and moved on

A single tritium watch bezel flashed for less than a second at 4:10 AM and became the only visible signal that brought two men home from the Okeechobee Passage; every other safety system failed that night. How did a dry-bag, a tide table, a rusted fitting, a faulty relay and one watch together reveal what all the official systems missed?

In this episode, we trace the timeline from a routine overnight departure to the moment a spark met trapped diesel vapor, and follow the chain of small mechanical and communication failures that left a rescue searching forty-three nautical miles away. Which single human choices and overlooked parts turned an ordinary passage into a near-fatal survival story?

Date: September 10, 2019
Person: Ross Chambers
Person: Kevin Albrecht
Vessel: Linnet
Location: Okeechobee Passage

- Ross Chambers had been in the water for 6 hours and 20 minutes before being spotted.
- The distress aircraft and coordination center searched centered 43 nautical miles away from where the Linnet rested.
- The fire moved from the port hull to the forward compartment in less than 4 minutes after the spark.
- The last GPS fix used in the MAYDAY was 9 minutes old, creating about 4.5 nautical miles of positional error.
- Station 42 Kilo buoy had been offline for 6 days prior to the storm that produced 54-knot winds and 8-foot seas.

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