Couple found dead in lifeboat after failed Atlantic crossing
The news of the British-Canadian couple found dead in a lifeboat after a failed Atlantic crossing is both tragic and deeply thought-provoking. Brett Clibbery, 70, and his wife, Sarah Packwood, 60, set out on a journey from Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, to the Azores, a distance of around 2,000 miles. Despite their sailing experience and sailing along coastlines, the Trans-Atlantic journey is an entirely different endeavor.
The fact that their bodies were found in a lifeboat that washed up on Sable Island, known as “the graveyard of the Atlantic,” raises many questions and uncertainties about what transpired during their voyage. The lack of a sat phone or tracking devices aboard the SV Theros is baffling, especially considering the risks involved in crossing such vast distances on the open ocean.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker