Bluebelle was a 60-foot (18 m) twin-masted sailing ketch based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was scuttled following an act of mass murder by the ship's captain, Julian Harvey, on November 12, 1961. Harvey died by suicide on November 17 within hours of receiving news that 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault had survived the scuttling. She had been rescued at sea three and a half days after the incident, having drifted upon a small cork dinghy without food, water, or shelter for approximately 82 hours.
SummerMummer on August 11st, 2024 at 22:10 UTC »
Hell of a back story.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/581655/murder-at-sea-terry-jo-duperrault
Dawahthetruthh on August 11st, 2024 at 22:13 UTC »
The Bluebelle ship story
Bluebelle was a 60-foot (18 m) twin-masted sailing ketch based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship was scuttled following an act of mass murder by the ship's captain, Julian Harvey, on November 12, 1961. Harvey died by suicide on November 17 within hours of receiving news that 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault had survived the scuttling. She had been rescued at sea three and a half days after the incident, having drifted upon a small cork dinghy without food, water, or shelter for approximately 82 hours.
For more details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebelle_(ship)
lifesprig on August 11st, 2024 at 22:51 UTC »
The sheer luck of not only surviving that long without food or water, but also not encountering storms or rough waters