[BITList] Just how did that boat get to Geraldton?

[FS]

They have all been flown home anyway now
frank

    This is particularly interesting for those boaties out there!
    /The unnaturally hale and hearty country-shoppers on board the SS
    Deutsche Bank
    <http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2013/04/the-unnaturally-hale-and-hearty-country-shoppers-on-board-the-ss-deutsche-bank-gold-bullion-only-ple.html>/
    /Reader David with some eminently believable and real-world sourced
    observations about the "Survivor, Geraldton" country-shopping
    expedition, sponsored by Deutsche Bank:/
    /I received a call from my brother last night, saying something is
    not right about that boat story. Bit of background on him first.  He
    is an old style boatie, has had boats all his life, has built three
    of his own, and has been up the reef at least 30 times in the last
    40 years.  So he knows a bit about going to sea./
    /He questioned the veracity of the story that the boat came from Sri
    Lanka and was 44 days at sea with 66 souls on board.  He questions
    specifically were:/
    /·//·         The journey from Sri Lanka to Geraldton, a distance of
    2,780 nautical miles as the crow flies, longer if you allow for
    drift and course corrections. Lets be kind and estimate 3,000
    nautical miles. /
    /·////· The fuel required to travel that distance at an average
    speed of 6kts would have been at least 5,000 litres.  That amount of
    fuel equates to 25 drums of diesel and would weigh in at (150kg x 25
    drums) = 3,750Kg. /
    /·////· Water for 66 people for 44 days at sea (drinking cooking
    etc) allow 4 ltrs per person per day.  (44 days x 66 people x 4ltrs)
    = 11,616 ltrs and weigh 8,131Kg. /
    /·////· 66 people would weigh around about 3,960kg. /
    /·////· Total weight of fuel/water/people close to *15,841Kg* plus
    food/provisions./
    /His contention is that the boat in question (sponsored by Deutsche
    Bank) and looked to be about 42 foot long, could not carry enough
    fuel, water, food and provisions for 66 people at sea for 44 days.
    Absolutely/absolutely impossible *_– it would have sunk before it
    left the dock!!!_*/
    /So the story of travelling Sri Lanka/Geraldton is absolute
    bullshit, or perhaps they made a stopover in Indonesia or were
    resupplied en-route.  And remember when they pulled into Geraldton
    they were only half way to their supposed destination – NZ./
    /One thing I think we can say with certainty. They'll be hard
    pressed to convince New Zealand authorities that they were fleeing
    the war in Australia - just like our authorities should tell //the
    b#%%^ish artists//who arrive here by boat from Indonesia that
    there's scant evidence of war-like activity in the Soekarno Hatta
    International Airport or the Jakarta shopping malls./
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