Fishermen (DU'ers?) survived on beer and crackers

Fishermen survived on beer and crackers

BLESSING, Texas, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Three fishermen say country-boy survival skills got them through eight days atop a capsized boat off the coast of Texas.

The three were rescued late Saturday by a passing pleasure boat nearly 180 miles southwest of Matagorda, Texas.

"It's nothing short of a miracle of God," said James Phillips, 30, owner of Born Again Repair, a boat sales and repair facility in Blessing, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Phillips and two friends, Curt Hall, 28, and Tressell Hawkins, 42, left Matagorda Aug. 21 aboard Phillips' 23-foot catamaran. About 80 miles offshore, the boat took on water and rolled, cutting all radio contact.

"Then us country boys went into survival mode," Phillips told the Chronicle in an interview Sunday.

The men dove under the boat to recover a case of beer, crackers and potato chips. A hose connected to a tank gave them fresh water, though it tasted like gasoline, and a tarp shielded them from the sun. Sharks circled the boat as the men hallucinated about people bringing food and water.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/31/Fishermen-survived-on-beer-and-crackers/UPI-49021251736661/

Sounds like some of our lounge people :rofl:

:rofl:

meant to K&R.

Good survival skills :)

Sid

;-)

:hi:

Sid

:)

was unsafe until nineteenth century. The dark stouts were considered especially nutritious because they were considered to have iron. It seems you got ale and porridge for breakfast and drank through the day. I don't know how buzzed people were. Maybe they got used to it and were able to function.

it says beer, crackers and potato chips....damn, just because the boat is upside down, that doean't mean you have to stop fishing does it?

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Actually they ate pretty well, if not very much. They had lots of beer and as a result of the melted ice plenty of water too but what they had to eat, other than a few cans of beenie-weenies, was fresh shrimp they had brought for bait. They cooked it on the heat of a Coleman Lantern. They didn't have a radio on the boat (which was on its maiden voyage when the electrical system burnt up) and drifted until they came ashore north of Flamingo against the everglades. They were badly sunburned despite the top on the boat and they were just ate up by mosquitoes, but other than that they were OK.

weekend diet. Missed them hot wings, though....

mark

That's not a miracle, that's a crime.

Just goes to show what people can do when they use their heads and work together.

Hats off guys, glad you made it home safe and sound!