Overboard Dog Found Alive 37 Days Later

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Overboard Dog Found Alive 37 Days Later

Posted: 11/26/2003 11:32:52 AM EDT

EDENS LANDING, N.C. -- A long-haired dachshund that washed overboard from a boat in a North Carolina inlet is back with her family -- 37 days after she disappeared.

Tulip weighs about 10 pounds. Her owner says she disappeared on Oct. 19, when a yacht sped by the boat she was in, causing a 10-foot wave to crash over the boat. Another dog was unharmed.

Owner Sally Miles said the Coast Guard searched for the dog, and she called the police. But because their boat was so far from land, she didn't think Tulip survived.

Marianne Orr, who lives about 6 miles from the inlet where the boat mishap occurred, called Miles to say her children had found Tulip, her collar and identification tags still intact.

The dog was full of ticks and fleas, and she was a little suspicious of her new friends. Orr said the children used bologna and a hot dog to coax her to them.

Posted: 11/26/2003 11:36:59 AM EDT

[#1]

Man I love dogs, good for that little guy.

Posted: 11/26/2003 11:43:43 AM EDT

[#2]

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when a yacht sped by the boat she was in, causing a 10-foot wave to crash over the boat.

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It doesn't really change the story, but someone's prone to exageration! I've stared in the face of 10 foot breaking surf off Maui, and it looks like 25 simply due to perspective and fear. I doubt there's a Yacht in existance that can produce a 10 foot high wake. The displacement required for that amount of energy is just too big. I'd place it at 4-5'.

Posted: 11/26/2003 12:12:08 PM EDT

[#3]

Gee, so I've NEVER seen a 10ft wake from somebody's waterski's? Let's see he was 6ft 6in tall, that water was at least 4 feet over his head. Well I guess you're right, that would equal 4 or 5 feet. I'm sooooo bad at math.

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:11:41 PM EDT

[#4]

I dont do very well around dogs but im really glad they got thier puppy back.

that little guy is a tough bastard.

Paper

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:11:49 PM EDT

[#5]

[img]http://home.earthlink.net/~thegardenweasel/dog.gif[/img]

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:17:11 PM EDT

[#6]

I think 4-5 feet is still too big. To create a wake that big it must have been the Titanic going 50 knots right by them.

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:19:33 PM EDT

[#7]

10 foot wave by a yacht?

[BS2]

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:23:19 PM EDT

[#8]

I agree with the 10ft. wake.

Just not going to happen.

If a boat was big enough to create that, it sill wouldn't be able to go the speed required to create that wake.

Posted: 11/26/2003 1:52:28 PM EDT

[#9]

Ditto on the wake. They, likely took a roll from the side and it seemed huge. Or, they did the right thing and drove into the wake. When the bow took the dip and plowed into the following wave, the wave looked huge. Needless to say, the boat took a big enough roll or wave to wash out a dog.

The owner of the yacht is an ass. Big surprise.

This dog is a bad ass. They should try and breed him to death...he's got good DNA.

-HS

Posted: 11/26/2003 2:11:03 PM EDT

[#10]

Hey! Start your own topic!

Posted: 11/26/2003 3:19:50 PM EDT

[#11]

Maybe it was the nuclear powered carrier USS Yacht that generated the wake. [:D]

Posted: 11/26/2003 4:00:52 PM EDT

[#12]

Orr said the children used bologna and a [red]hot dog[/red] to coax her to them.

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She ate the cabin boy. Classic washed overboard tale.

Posted: 11/26/2003 4:29:08 PM EDT

[#13]

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Gee, so I've NEVER seen a 10ft wake from somebody's waterski's? Let's see he was 6ft 6in tall, that water was at least 4 feet over his head. Well I guess you're right, that would equal 4 or 5 feet. I'm sooooo bad at math.

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Nope, you haven't. Do you know what a wake is?

Posted: 11/28/2003 5:23:35 AM EDT

[#14]

The dog made it! Dang who cares about the wake...maybe it was Capt.Stabins rig heading in to pickup another crack ho....who cares...Geeze LOL

Posted: 11/28/2003 5:49:28 AM EDT

[#15]

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The dog made it! Dang who cares about the wake...maybe it was [red]Capt.Stabins[/red] rig heading in to pickup another crack ho....who cares...Geeze LOL

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[:D]

Posted: 11/28/2003 6:10:41 AM EDT

[#16]

Maybe it's an aircraft carrier that sped by at 70 knots and caused the 10-foot wave [>:/]

Posted: 11/28/2003 6:24:25 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
It doesn't really change the story, but someone's prone to exageration! I've stared in the face of 10 foot breaking surf off Maui, and it looks like 25 simply due to perspective and fear. I doubt there's a Yacht in existance that can produce a 10 foot high wake. The displacement required for that amount of energy is just too big. I'd place it at 4-5'.

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[BS]

[img]http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/0/8/1/2/1081207_1_thumb.jpg[/img]

[url]http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_full_detail.jsp?slim=quick&boat_id=1081207&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=20864&url=[/url]

This is a 162' Benetti Yacht, it is capable of a top speed of 23 knots.

It can and will create a 10' wave.

Note that the writer said [b]WAVE[/b] and not [b]WAKE[/b], big difference.

I am constantly jetskiing in the Cheseapeake Bay all summer long and there are some BIG ships that sail these waters. I jump 4'-5' waves and wakes all the time, they are being created by boats 30' long. A big yacht like the one pictured above will make a 10' wave with ease.

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