First hand account of the rig going up!

I'm not sure I would go 50 miles out to sea if I was having this many problems with my boat. With all their "bad luck", they had a lot of good luck being able to get out of the area in time.

This guy must be a great mechanic, would be a good person to have on board if you had problems.

Lots of press, lots of attorneys and lots of polititions running around the coast now. Lots of money being spent.
 
great story, but man, sometimes the writing is on the wall. Its funny how when luck is bad, it is all around bad. But you gotta give it to them, they still got fish and got back safely. Where theres a will theres a way, and they were sure determined