Japanese boat washed away in tsunami spotted more than a year later by Canada - Polidicks

[QUOTE](CNN) -- A fishing trawler swept away more than a year ago by a tsunami off the east coast of Japan has been spotted floating near British Columbia, Canadian officials said Friday. "It looks fairly sound and has rust streak from being out there for a year," said Marc Proulx, the maritime coordinator of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Victoria, British Columbia. The trawler is part of a giant debris field that was generated by the giant wall of water that struck the east coast of the island nation following a 9.0 earthquake, sweeping everything from cars to houses into the ocean. The fishing vessel is about 120 miles off the Queen Charlotte Islands, commonly referred to as the Haida Gwaii. The islands are an archipelago on the north coast of the British Columbia. It was first spotted by a Canadian military air patrol, and it has since been determined that it has been adrift without anybody at the helm since March 11, 2011, Proulx said. The Japan Coast Guard identified the owner of the vessel after being contacted Friday by Canadian officials, who were able to provide the identification number on the hull of the ship. The vessel, which was used for squid fishing, was moored at Hachinohe in the Aomori prefecture when the tsunami hit, said Toshiro Yoshinaga, a Coast Guard official. The trawler is considered a navigation obstruction for vessels in the area, according to Canada's Department of National Defense. Canadian agencies are monitoring the ship for possible marine pollution, though there are no reports of leaks from the vessel, the defense department said. [img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120324054943-japanese-tsunami-vessel-story-top.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/23/world/americas/canada-trawler-adrift/index.html?hpt=hp_t3[/url]

That picture looks eerie as shit

It made it all the way to the other side of the Pacifc Ocean without anyone realizing it's a ghost ship? Surely it showed up on someone's radar and they got suspicious when it didn't respond to hails...

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;35274166]It made it all the way to the other side of the Pacifc Ocean without anyone realizing it's a ghost ship? Surely it showed up on someone's radar and they got suspicious when it didn't respond to hails...[/QUOTE] I don't think there's as many trading lanes in the northern pacific as there are south, closer to the equator.

This is like something off a generic movie or something. -Ship/vessel adrift for several years -People go investigate -Monsters lurking inside the ship -Spreads outside -blabla

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afdqPEcDqYo[/media] Thread Music.

They could still salvage the ship, looks a tad bit rusty though.

Owner's a lucky son of a bitch, the ocean isn't usually this kind to ships left adrift.

it's aboat time the ship showed up

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;35274166]It made it all the way to the other side of the Pacifc Ocean without anyone realizing it's a ghost ship? Surely it showed up on someone's radar and they got suspicious when it didn't respond to hails...[/QUOTE] the pacific ocean's currents run in a clockwise circle along the continents, so the ship probably drifted pretty far north and then down along the coast of alaska and canada, which is why it wasn't spotted earlier

Man, bring it to shore, make it safe and put a camaracrew on that sucker!

[QUOTE=teh pirate;35274832]Owner's a lucky son of a bitch, the ocean isn't usually this kind to ships left adrift.[/QUOTE] Assuming the owner's still alive, that is.

[QUOTE=teh pirate;35274832]Owner's a lucky son of a bitch, the ocean isn't usually this kind to ships left adrift.[/QUOTE] Well, he's not that lucky... considering that a tsunami washed his boat(which was likely his main source of income) all the way across the Pacific.

[QUOTE=Apache249;35275297]Well, he's not that lucky... considering that a tsunami washed his boat(which was likely his main source of income) all the way across the Pacific.[/QUOTE] At least he's getting it back. The same can't be said for hundreds of other fishermen.

[QUOTE=teh pirate;35275461]At least he's getting it back. The same can't be said for hundreds of other fishermen.[/QUOTE] Where does it say he's getting it back?

[QUOTE=Apache249;35275297]Well, he's not that lucky... considering that a tsunami washed his boat(which was likely his main source of income) all the way across the Pacific.[/QUOTE] For a whole year, to boot. Not to mention the costs of getting it repaired and back - if that's possible at all.

Make it a memorial.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;35275638]For a whole year, to boot. Not to mention the costs of getting it repaired and back - if that's possible at all.[/QUOTE] Clearly its still seaworthy. You just need to dry-dock, sandblast, paint, do some engine maintenance (from not running for a year) and sail back. edit: If it's insured then he is really covered.

[QUOTE=Apache249;35275631]Where does it say he's getting it back?[/QUOTE] It said they were able to contact the owner. "Hey man we found your boat but we're going to impound it and scrap it, sorry for your loss [I]eh[/I]"

[QUOTE=teh pirate;35276478]It said they were able to contact the owner. "Hey man we found your boat but we're going to impound it and scrap it, sorry for your loss [I]eh[/I]"[/QUOTE] If he had insurance, he's probably already claimed on it anyway

[QUOTE=NorthernFall;35276594]If he had insurance, he's probably already claimed on it anyway[/QUOTE] The Boat is intact, wouldn't he have to give the money back? I don't know how insurance works.

The big mass of debris is just now reaching parts of North America. A lot of the smaller stuff may have gotten stuck in the Gyre.

I wonder what it looks like on the inside.

This Somewhat reminds me of [URL="http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-455"]SCP-445[/URL]. And its amazing it survived the drift across the pacific without getting spotted let alone getting wrecked in the Tsunami itself. and it made it under one year.

Good material for a new SCP article if anything, still, eerie as fuck. Imagine fishing out there, it's day turning dusk, dusk turning night. And in the middle of that you see a shape in the horizont. Turns out it's a ship, but it has it's lights turned off. You frantically try to contact it with radio and figure out it's course, only to be met with static. Then Cthulhu pops from the water and eats you

ABANDONED SHIP? MUST BE THE BOREALIS. LEFT ADRIFT FOR 1 YEAR? THAT'S 12 MONTHS. [B]3[/B] X 4 IS 12. HL3 CONFIRMED IN 4 YEARS. I love it how intricate Valve makes their ARGs

Oh shit, they found my pirate radio station.

Why hasn't anyone tottled out there yet and grabbed the thing for themselves? I know I would! Do international salvage laws apply to vessels still afloat? I've never heard of a case quite like this before.

[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35279062]ABANDONED SHIP? MUST BE THE BOREALIS. LEFT ADRIFT FOR 1 YEAR? THAT'S 12 MONTHS. [B]3[/B] X 4 IS 12. HL3 CONFIRMED IN 4 YEARS. I love it how intricate Valve makes their ARGs[/QUOTE] [img]http://puu.sh/mg85[/img]

I think someone should use this for a SCP file. If someone writes a good enough one, I swear to God I'll find a way to get to that ship and take pictures of the inside.