16/08/2024
The SS Minnow was a 1964 Wheeler M/Y with a LOA of 38’6” and powered by a single 230hp Detroit Diesel with a dry weight of 20,600 LBS. With a displacement style hull she had a cruising speed of 9 knots, which means they only could have traveled 27 nautical miles outbound from "Honolulu" during the duration of their 3 hour tour (excluding return trip & no wake zones ). Figuring in a 3 knot storm drift USCG search grids would only have been about 150 square miles and fairly easy to rescue 🤔
Now I’m starting to doubt if this whole documentary was even real!