No search party?
I'm not a sailor, but don't you have to keep in regular contact, especially if you're sailing solo? If so, wouldn't a search party be sent to his last known location?
shareOr even some sort of beacon thing?
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No and no. If it's in the international waters, you don't have to keep contact with anyone, nor is anyone responsible for your safety. You are on your own. That's it.
Search party? Sent by whom?
You can purchase such insurance, but it's not guaranteed. It's a wild, wild world out there, especially on the ocean. You don't imagine every dinghy or boat heading out to sea on the coast of Africa has to check with the Coast Guard every 12 hours, do you? :))
At first, I thought he was some kind of rich businessman taking a break...turns out he isn't one.
Everything they’ve taken from us, we’re going to take back and more.
"don't you have to keep in regular contact, especially if you're sailing solo"
That's not exactly "solo", is it, regular contact?
(It is the modernistic view, however.)
Well it would be like a pilot keeping in contact so people know his last position. He's still flying the plane solo.
It just seems sensible to have some kind of transponder (or regular communication) so you can be found if all goes wrong. I don't see how that in any way lessens the challenge of sailing alone.
I couldn't believe 2 ships didn't see the flares
shareFor all we know he did keep in contact. In the very beginning his radio and all communication equipment get ruined from the water flooding in. That one time he was partially able to use the radio could of been him trying to reach whoever he was keeping in contact with.
As for a search party: there was 2 gigantic storms that came within 8 days along with him being 1700 nautical miles from the land. It would have taken several days to get any party out there. Especially considering this is just some regular guy out on his own boat. The whole movie was over the course of 8 days, and he also floated hundreds of miles over that time.
"Common sense is not so common"
It is not a legal requirement to maintain contact but is certainly intelligent to do so. You can make calls using satellite phones or single sideband radio. It's also smart to file a float plan with a responsible party ashore. This details a comms schedule, route and instructions on who to contact in case you don't keep reasonably to the schedule.
shareI meant to add that newer radios do have transponders and of course you should have an EPIRB.
sharePeople sail solo to get away from everything, not to chat with people back home :)