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Women stranded at sea for months rescued by Navy
« on: October 28, 2017, 01:49:23 am »
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Two women and their dogs have been rescued after being lost at sea for months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti.

The US Navy rescued the women Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan, well off their planned course, and alerted the US Coast Guard.

The USS Ashland arrived early the next day, the Navy said in a statement released Thursday.

The women, identified by the Navy as Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, both of Honolulu, lost their engine in bad weather in late May but believed they could still reach Tahiti using their sails.
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Re: Women stranded at sea for months rescued by Navy
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2017, 01:57:56 am »
USS Ashland Assists Distressed Mariners in Pacific Ocean

From Amphibious Force 7th Fleet Public Affairs

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The Sasebo-based amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) rendered assistance to two distressed mariners, Oct. 25, whose sailboat had strayed well off its original course.

The mariners, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava, both from Honolulu, and their two dogs had set sail from Hawaii to Tahiti this spring. They had an engine casualty May 30 during bad weather but continued on, believing they could make it to land by sail.

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=103056
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