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A man who spent 119 days lost at sea is urging authorities in New Zealand to continue the search for missing yacht Nina
Sailor John Glennie has urged authorities to continue the search for the missing schooner Nina after he survived 119 days lost at sea. Mr Glennie has written to the Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) and told of how him and three other crew members were left fighting for their lives after their trimaran Rose Noelle capsized in the Pacific Ocean in 1989. Now he has joined the families of Nina crew members, calling on the rescue agency to resume the search. The 21m schooner and its seven crew left the Bay of Islands on May 29 and last made contact in June, when a text message was sent asking for a weather update. While the official search for Nina has now ended, family members organised another search, which produced a satellite image that is thought to be the missing schooner. “If the image of the boat … is the Nina … then in my humble opinion there is every chance the crew will be in fine shape,” Mr Glennie wrote.
“I know we could have been out there another six months on an upside down Rose Noelle , in which case an upright Nina will have no worries.”
The image appeared to show a water catchment system rigged up from a sail, which did not surprise him because Nina had a “great crew”.
The New Zealand Herald has obtained letters from family members of the missing crew, in which they describe their determination to find their loved ones.
Crew member Kyle Jackson’s family said they desperately wanted to be reunited with their son, but needed the RCC to act.
“They are survivors and they can survive this, they just need your help finding their way home.”
RCC Safety and Response Services general manager Nigel Clifford told the New Zealand Herald that the images weren’t “sufficiently compelling to go out with an airplane to go look for something … [due to] the quality of the picture.
“It’s extremely unlikely to be the Nina – you can’t say that it’s not, you can’t be 100 per cent sure – but the analysis is that it’s extremely unlikely.”
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A message from Robin Wright: Ricky and I are wrapping up our visit to Australia and New Zealand in the next 2 weeks. It’s hard to even think about coming home without Danielle, but we’ve done everything we know to do to search for Nina and 7 very special people. We know they can survive …
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TV New Zealand news story. Update on how we are continuing the search effort and looking for answers from Officials. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/family-missing-nina-crew-not-ready-give-up-5816913/video Message from Robin Wright: Thank you Jehan Casinader and Lee Frashier for covering our story and for taking us to Whangarei and Opua. It was a little disappointing that the broadcast seemed to suggest …
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The Niña Seven
The lives of 7 people are at risk. The sailing schooner, Niña, went missing in the Tasman Sea, and the families of the crew have requested help from the U.S. Department of State and New Zealand rescue authorities, as we believe the sailors are trapped on the disabled Niña.
Rosemary, David III, and David IV on the deck of the Niña.
The Recovery Coordination Centre in New Zealand (RCCNZ) was contacted on June 8 and asked to help. RCCNZ did conduct 6-days of aerial searches beginning June 25th – 3 weeks after the Niña last communications. The RCCNZ search stopped July 4th and declared the Niña had sunk and the crew dead.
The five families of the crew did not accept that conclusion:
“I know my daughter is alive and waiting to be rescued” – Ricky & Robin Wright, parents of 19-year old Danielle Wright, Niña Crew Member
“matthew is strong and a survivalist and we know he is still aboard the niña and trying to make his way home”, – sue & ian wootton, parents of matthew wootton, niña crew member.
On July 18th the families contacted Texas Equusearch Search and Recovery (TES), a non-profit volunteer service organization dedicated to assisting families find and return lost love ones (www.txeq.org) and asked for help in finding the Niña and her crew. TES formed a small core team of technology specialists and work began work creating a search and rescue plan.
Efforts to get U.S, New Zealand, and Australian support failed, leaving the families and TES completely on their own. However, money was raised, 100s of volunteers were recruited, and search efforts began. Experienced search and recovery flight crews were hired and have flown over 100 missions near New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Australia.
Needing wider range coverage, TES was successful in bringing on DigitalGlobe and its subsidiary Tomnod, who have graciously supplied free-of-charge high resolution satellite images. The process is to review the satellite images via the Internet, and when an object of interest is identified, send a search plane out to look for it. However, this resource has also failed to accurately locate the missing Niña.
Funds are very limited since they come from private donations and are used to pay for the aerial searches, drift modeling, and other activities to keep this search going. But the bottom line is from hundreds of hours of hard work, the Niña has not been found and our continued hope is she will be seen by passing ships or planes, or run aground on many of the coastal islands in the area and be rescued.
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Families of many of the seven crew members of the Niña believe they are still alive
When the seven-member crew of the American schooner Niña set sail for Australia from New Zealand last May, they knew they might hit some rocky weather.
“The Tasman Sea is shooting gales out like a machine gun, living up to its reputation,” David Dyche, 58, the schooner’s owner and one of six Americans onboard, wrote on his Facebook page on May 26. “No doubt we will be dancing with one or two of them.”
Confident the 70-foot-deep hull on his wooden schooner could handle the rough seas, the veteran sailor still charted a course to avoid the worst of it. But on June 2 he found himself battling a series of unexpected storms with 29-foot-high waves and wind gusts up to 86 mph.
“The weather’s turned nasty. How do we get away from it?” crew member and retired University of Colorado computer science professor Evi Nemeth, using a satellite phone, asked New Zealand meteorologist Bob McDavitt, who helps cruising sailors plot their routes around the Pacific.
“You can’t run away from this thing,” he said, then advised them to head south or southwest.
Two days later, after apparently surviving the worst of the storms with just its sails shredded, the Niña seemingly vanished into thin air. A 77-hour search by New Zealand rescue turned up no sign of the ship and its crew , but their families, who created a website , refuse to give hope they are out there somewhere, floating around or stranded on an island, waiting for help.
“There is no evidence the boat broke up,” says Robin Wright, 54, of Baton Rouge, La., whose only child, Danielle, 19, was aboard the schooner.
“We know of seven other boats that got caught up in this Tasman current,” she says, “and took anywhere from five months to a year to end up in Australia.”
John Glennie, who, along with three other crew members, survived 119 days adrift in the Tasman atop his overturned sailboat and wrote a book about his ordeal, concedes it’s possible.
“If the boat didn’t sink initially and they’re still floating around,” says Glennie, 72, who now lives in Yelm, Wash., “they could catch fish and rig up water catchment systems to catch rain for drinking.”
Not long before rescuers stopped searching for the Niña, an unsent text message from Nemeth surfaced, fueling the families’ hopes that the 85-year-old mahogany schooner had indeed survived the worst of the storms relatively intact.
“Storm sails shredded last night, now bare poles,” Nemeth wrote on June 4 at 11:50 a.m., noting they were moving at 4 knots an hour. “Will update course info @ 6 PM.”
That last communication made the families more determined than ever to keep searching, so the Wrights enlisted the help of Texas EquuSearch . They and the other families pooled their own funds and raised $600,000 to pay for their own rescue mission.
“We’ve logged 400 in airplane hours and me, personally, 2000 hours,” says Ralph Baird, a commercial pilot who volunteers his time to the organization.
Though Baird was ultimately unsuccessful, the families’ relentless efforts led to Digital Globe ‘s discovery of a tantalizing satellite image of what they thought could be the Niña on September 15.
Their hopes were quickly dashed when New Zealand rescue officials said they would need better quality images before they could search again.
“It’s disappointing,” says retired chemist Ian Wootton, 65, of greater London, whose son Matthew, 35, was on board the Nina.
Wootton, who contacted Digital Globe for help and is grateful for what they’ve done so far free of charge, is also frustrated.
“It’s a pity we couldn’t have gotten better imagery,” he says, “which we believe is probably out there and not accessible to us.”
‘We’ll Do It Ourselves’
In November, frustrated by what they believe are lackluster searches and seeming indifference by the United States and local rescue agencies, Robin and her husband, Rick, moved to Australia to search themselves. Rick, 49, is even taking lessons to become a pilot so he can fly himself, which would save money.
“We just can’t lay back and do memorial services,” says Robin. “As long as we feel it in our hearts to look, we have to do it or we can’t sleep at night.”
Nigel Clifford, general manager of safety and response services for Maritime New Zealand , which coordinated the search, says his agency has “every sympathy” for the Wrights and the other family members.
“RCCNZ remains open to any new information about the whereabouts of the Niña,” he says, “and will carefully consider any new potential evidence that comes to light.”
While most of the family members still participate in the twice-weekly conference calls, others admit they’ve lost hope.
“It’s just unbelievable to think he’s dead but then it’s been such a long time so we’re kinda accepting,” says Caryl Dyche, 83, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who raised David and his twin sister, United pilot Cherie Martinez, as a single mom.
“If we could just get some closure,” she says. “It’s like one half of me is dead right now.”
The Wrights, however, who are running their business from afar, say they aren’t going home until they find Danielle.
“We have one daughter,” says Robin, her voice cracking, “and we just want her back. If she’s out there, we just want her back.”
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Ghost ship Nina: Missing for four months in the vastness of the Pacific, with seven crew presumed dead, is this faint satellite image a glimmer of hope?
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Blurry satellite images of what appears to be a ship drifting in the Pacific Ocean have raised faint hopes that seven crew members, missing since their yacht disappeared off New Zealand four months ago, may be alive.
Mystery has shrouded the fate of the Nina, a mahogany schooner which vanished after sailing into a severe storm in June. No trace of it was found during a search of more than half a million square nautical miles of the Pacific. The last word from the boat was an undelivered text message reporting: “Sails shredded last night.”
Relatives of the crew – six Americans, including David Dyche, the Nina’s owner and skipper, and 35-year-old Matt Wootton, from Orpington, Kent – say the object in the satellite images is the same size and shape as the 21-metre Nina. A private search and rescue company recruited by the families, Texas EquuSearch, is trying to plot its probable course before conducting an aerial search.
“We have never lost hope that the crew of Nina is alive and well, and that they will be rescued,” Robin Wright, whose 18-year-old daughter, Danielle, was on board, told The New Zealand Herald. However, the images gathered by EquuSearch are a month old, and some are sceptical as to whether they really depict the schooner. According to an Auckland-based meteorologist, Bob McDavitt, the area – about 200 kilometres west of Norfolk Island – is traversed by a vessel at least every other day. Even if the pictures do show the Nina, it may be a wreck – or a ghost ship, with no one left aboard.
The yacht – once the flagship of the New York Yacht Club – left Opua, in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, on 29 May, headed for Newcastle, north of Sydney. It apparently weathered a storm on 4 June, with Evi Nemeth, a 73-year-old crew member, subsequently reporting the shredded sails.
Ms Nemeth said she would update the Nina’s position six hours later. But no further message was sent. Her undelivered text was released by the satellite phone company Iridium a month later. The boat’s emergency beacon was never activated.
On the day of the storm, Ms Nemeth – in the crew’s last direct contact with the outside world – had sought Mr McDavitt’s advice. The pair spoke by phone, after which she texted him, asking: “ANY UPDATE 4 NINA? … EVI.” That was the last he heard.
Nigel Clifford, the general manager of safety and response services for Maritime New Zealand, has said that while the Nina survived the storm, “very poor weather continued in the area for many hours and… [was] followed by other storms”.
New Zealand authorities have rejected calls by the crew’s families to resume their search. “We feel they are not going to be convinced by a satellite photo until they can see seven people holding their passports up, with their date of birth clearly visible,” said Mr Wootton’s father, Ian. He told the Herald that he and his wife, Sue, had mixed feelings when they first saw the photos. “You get the elation of ‘Yep, this looks like a really good image’. But also the downside of ‘How are you going to find it [the boat] again?’”
One expert, Ralph Baird, told the NY Daily News that the Nina was “a needle in a haystack, and that needle is moving”.
After the Nina disappeared, Russ Rimmington, a New Zealand skipper, claimed that the Nina was unseaworthy, with a warped hull, and that Mr Dyche – whose wife, Rosemary, and son, David, were also on board – refused to carry modern gadgetry.
Mr Rimmington also told Fairfax New Zealand that the Nina would have sunk if it had capsized, because of the lead on its keel.
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USS Nina Found and Identified
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The USS Nina tied up at dock. Credit: National Archives
Original early times photo of USS Nina. Credit: National Archives
Mark Ludine and Kaitlyn McPherran prepare the drone for a run over the wreck. Credit: University of Delaware
Dr. Trembanis added, “What makes shipwrecks interesting and useful, from a human history standpoint, is they are a snapshot of a thrilling moment…whether they went down in a storm or some accident, battle, whatever. It becomes an encapsulation of that moment for that ship.” The mission’s leader was pleased with his students’ attitude and work ethic and glad they were exposed to the school’s new equipment. They also reviewed and wrote data, assisted in finding the ship and charted her position showing she was off the borderline of the Maryland and Delaware coasts.
Mark Ludine prepares flowers to be a memorial to the ship and her crew. Credit: University of Delaware
To end the mission, Lundine helped attach a floral arrangement to a claw on one of the ROVs in memory of the sailors lost at sea. The team gathered in a circle on the boat deck for a moment of silence and prayer for the victims. “We’re using all this new high- tech equipment,” Dr. Trembanis said, “and it’s exciting, but we’re also observing a very solemn moment in memory of the unforeseen tragedy.”
Note: In the late summer, 2023, the University of Delaware team plans to carry out a similar mission to the Great Lakes where they will join researchers and scientists from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to look for shipwrecks in Lakes Michigan and Ontario.
Map shows borderline between Maryland and Delaware. USS Nina lies off these coasts. Credit: University of Delaware
Author: Ellsworth Boyd
Ellsworth Boyd, Professor Emeritus, College of Education, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, pursues an avocation of diving and writing. He has published articles and photo’s in every major dive magazine in the US., Canada, and half a dozen foreign countries. An authority on shipwrecks, Ellsworth has received thousands of letters and e-mails from divers throughout the world who responded to his Wreck Facts column in Sport Diver Magazine. When he’s not writing, or diving, Ellsworth appears as a featured speaker at maritime symposiums in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, New York and Philadelphia. “Romance & Mystery: Sunken Treasures of the Lost Galleons,” is one of his most popular talks. A pioneer in the sport, Ellsworth was inducted into the International Legends of Diving in 2013.
The unfortunate circumstances that brought about the loss of the Nina and her entire crew are truly unsettling. The tribute by the students and UD staff were an important gesture at paying homage to the lost Nina crew members. The survey of the site and the data collection are also a most meaningful outcome. The educational value associated with this investigative venture will no doubt stay with the students for the rest of their lives–a very positive outcome!
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Heartbreaking: These parents cling to the hope 19-year old Danielle is alive
19-year old Danielle Wright is missing.
Her parents are desperate to find her.
So much so that they have moved half way across the world and spent more than half a million dollars searching for her.
So much so that her father is now taking flying lessons so he can scour the Pacific for his missing daughter.
Vivacious, smart, adventurous – Danielle Wright from Baton Rouge in the US, is an honor student studying psychology at the University of Louisanna.
It was to be the biggest adventure of her life – a coast-to-coast yachting adventure on board a historic schooner.
She had flown from the US to New Zealand and was setting sail from there to Newcastle on May 29 last year. Her parents had given her a surprise plane ticket for her birthday where she was to meet the crew.
She was adamant she was taking this trip alone, as a sign of her independence and adulthood.
She to sail on the Nina, a glorious 70-foot yacht with a crew of seven – six Americans and one British citizen.
- David Dyche, the Captain, 58, from Florida
- His 60-year-old wife Rosemary
- Their 18-year-old son David Dyche
- Matthew Wooton a 35 musician from the UK
- Kyle Jackson, 27 from Nebraska who was highly trained in survival techniques.
- Evi Nemeth, 73 Professor from Colorado
- Danielle Wright, from Baton Rouge.
All are highly experienced in sailing and survival.
On the third day, the Nina hit the first of three storms, packing 60 knot winds and 10 metre high seas.
The yacht then vanished.
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“There’s a 20 per cent chance that they could’ve sunk, but if that boat is afloat they are alive,” her father, Ricky Wright told Channel 7.
Initially, with the Nina lost about 370 nautical miles west of New Zealand, authorities sent out a plane to comb the Tasman Sea.
On July 1 an undeliverable text message surfaced, sent by the crew after the storm.
It said their storm sails had shredded and they were now on bare boles drifting at four knots, at a nautical position of 310 degrees.
“That would’ve put them in a whole different weather pattern and drift pattern,” Ricky said.
Aerial searches still could not find the Nina and the authorities called off the search.
Robin is critical of the procedure, because the authorities waited for several weeks before beginning the search.
He told the Mail Online ‘We have also learned that the search aircraft is capable of detecting metal objects with their equipment, but not a wooden yacht like the Nina. The more we looked at the whole search procedure the more we believed that the Nina was still out there and had drifted away from the search area.’
In September fresh hope came for the family – a new clue suggesting that the Nina was still in the Tasman Sea – a ghostly, grainy, satellite image of a yacht, spotted on September 15 by the Texas EquuSearch company, drifting some 184 nautical miles off the coast of Norfolk Island.
‘It’s blurry, but you can see that it’s the same shape as the Nina – when you compare that shape with engineering drawings of the Nina it leaves no doubt in my mind that this is the yacht,’ says Danielle’s Mum.
But by the time any kind of search could be launched, it was 10 days old. The object seen in the picture has not been found again nor properly identified.
Danielle’s parents, Ricky and Robin Wright have not given up home. They are now living in Port Macquarie in NSW searching every inch of coastline they can and pleading with local pilots to take up the hunt.
Both the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand and the US State Department are convinced there is no evidence the boat is still afloat.
Maritime experts believe the 85-year-old yacht suffered a catastrophic failure and sank immediately without trace.
Danielle’s family stay with a more optimistic point of view – they cling to the hope that the ship is stranded somewhere.
Her mum tearfully told the Mail Online ‘I live every day with a picture in my mind of Danielle and the others living in their own little community on some remote island, having learned how to fend for themselves, catching fish and living off rainwater and coconuts.
‘She’s tough, she’s smart – and none of the other crew members would have set out on that yacht for an adventure if they didn’t have that “get up and go” spirit about them. In time of trouble, they would all work together and get through it.’
The family has set up a Facebook page to aid with their search.
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Searchers scouring the Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island for the missing American yacht Nina have again come up emptyhanded. The new search began today after an...
19-year old Danielle Wright is amoung 8 missing crew members on the yacht The Nine. Missing off the coast of Australia since May 2012.
Hello, my mother out on errands today, when a man came up and said out of the blue I have a message for you. Someone you care for very much is alive and on an island by Tasmania. Of course she was
Nina was a narrower and deeper-hulled boat rigged with a Marconi main sail with staysails forward, and it signaled the future of yacht design by winning its first race (New York to Santander) followed in short order by the Fastnet race (in the Irish Sea and English Channel) - the first American yacht to do so.
The sister of the captain of the missing yacht Nina says the worst possible outcome would be for the crew to be lost at sea forever and to never know what happened. Tuesday, 14 May 2024 Search
Throughout history, people have mysteriously disappeared at sea, many on voyages aboard floating vessels or traveling via aircraft. The following is a list of known individuals who have mysteriously vanished in open waters, and whose whereabouts remain unknown.
A yacht crew member who survived the sinking has paid tribute to Hannah Lynch, calling her a "diamond in a sea of stars". Sasha Murray, chief stewardess of the Bayesian, has released a statement ...
A man who spent 119 days lost at sea is urging New Zealand authorities to continue searching for the missing boat Nina, saying he is living proof that people...