Vessel Another Red Sea Liveaboard Sinking: MY Seaduction

[Lu Y]

There are a few quality LOB companies out there, but it takes a lot of research. Just stay away from the Red Sea.

is red sea worse than Indonesia?

 

[MB NZ]

Halcyon Life Raft?

 

[boulderjohn]

Another one bites the dust! This happens so often, part of the boat briefing should be: "When the boat starts to sink....."

Maybe not quite in those words, but something like that is pretty standard.

 

[living4experiences]

is red sea worse than Indonesia?

IMO, yes.

 

[Mod63]

I wonder why it took 8hrs for them to be rescued… anyone know more about why that happened?

Best guess: No other boats in the vicinity. Elba Reef is a far south as you can go In Egypt. According to the reports, basically every other LoB stayed as far north as Satay due to the weather. It's far away from any comercial route and there is not much of a military precence in the area.

 

[Pearlman]

One would expect a SAR helo to reach sooner than later - is Elba reef out of a helo’s ferry range?

 

[Mod63]

One would expect a SAR helo to reach sooner than later - is Elba reef out of a helo’s ferry range?

The next military base is, IIRC Bernice, some 250km north of Elba reef. It's really far far away from any kind of infrastructure.