It has been a tragic end for a B.C. couple who set off on a sailing adventure last month across the Atlantic.
Brett Clibbery and Sarah Packwood set off from Halifax on June 11 en route to the Azores, a Portuguese territory in the mid-Atlantic.
The pair were reported missing June 18 and were found dead in a life raft this week.
Global’s Troy Charles has more on the mystery surrounding what may have happened.
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23 Comments
People sail across the Atlantic all the time, not sure what they were trying to prove doing the same thing.
This is why the ocean scares me.
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On one hand, yes of course it’s sad two people lost their lives. On the other hand there is some comfort in knowing they died while truly living. We all have to go, eventually. Better to go doing something you love, experiencing the world, living a full life than just sitting at home waiting to die within your own four walls.
Pirates
Have you considered staying on land like humans are supposed to??
Condolences to the families 🙏
The good news is, there was no diesel fuel spilled. The bad news is they’ll be 1;000 Lbs. of batteries on the ocean floor leaching out chemicals to the fish and marine life for the next hundred years. 🐋🐬🦞⚡️👈👀
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Old farts should of stayed in the retirement home
They will blame it on the far right, that's the norm now
This is why I refuse to set foot on a sail boat. There are way too many risks and I really don't like the idea of being on a small boat with half a dozen holes in the hull that go straight out into the ocean. If just one thing comes loose because of a bad seal, a broken thru-hull fitting, the rudder falls off, excessive hydrodynamic pressure or the boat hitting something, you're in big trouble. There's just too many things that can go wrong and a boat can sink real fast if you're not on top of it instantly.
RIP to a very nice couple. May God bless you.
Rip … still sailing ⛵️ in the afterlife ..
That’s sad 😕
Didn't she have a survival suit on in the water?
The ocean is dangerous, man.
Every vessel or yacht engaged in offshore passages, should not only have a life raft, but a ditchbag within reach. And the single most important item within that ditchbag (or stored within the life raft) is not an emergency radio, but water.
Humans can only survive about 3 days without water and drinking seawater will not help.
Do not bet your life on things that require batteries to work. Neither they or you, may "just keep going".
RIP Sailors.
My condolences to the families… Really makes me wonder what the exact cause was.
It’s been confirmed that the boat caught fire , sank and they died after a week from exposure RIP 😢😢😢
The bodies were found in a dinghy, not a lifeboat. There are no emergency suppiles or equipment in a dinghy. I wont speculate on the cause of the sinking but I do know that many people do not have their liferafts rigged for auto-deployment as they should. They lash them down so they don't get blown away. Which wont work in an emergency.