>Two women mariners adrift in the Pacific Ocean for five months endured two days of shark attacks on their sailboat and major storms before being rescued by a U.S. Navy warship nearly 5,000 miles from their intended destination of Tahiti. >On May 3, Appel, an experienced sailor, and Fuiava, a sailing novice, set sail from Honolulu aboard the 50-foot "Sea Nymph" bound for Tahiti, 2,600 miles to the south. Also aboard were Appel's two dogs, Valentine and Zeus. http://abcnews.go.com/US/shark-attacks-major-storms-mariners-share-months-lost/story?id=50752640I see no mention of their emergency beacon
this sounds about as stupid as the druggie who allegedly hid in the forest