David Vieira, who had been banished to the Dorado's deck to smoke a cigarette, spotted the flare and went inside to wake the captain, Skip Harris.
The two boats approached each other, and Harris asked if they had working basic equipment: radio, bilge and other necessities. Finally, Vanderhoop recalls Harris asking if they had any beer.
Fortunately, the crew still had three bottles of Red Stripe left, which they happily handed over.
"Jamaican!" Harris exclaimed. Since they were returning from a hard trip, Vanderhoop recalls, they were overjoyed to drink a beer. As it turned out, beer was not enough to solve their problems.
The Perfect Storm
As midnight approached, and the rope broke for the third time, it increasingly became clear the Coast Guard would be needed. The clear forecast of the afternoon and early evening had turned into rough seas, and swells measured nearly 15 feet.
Ogletree and the rest of the crew did their best manually bailing out of the boat an estimated 2,000 gallons of water, with Ogletree filling more than 100 buckets. Yet, the Coast Guard, which had initially said it would only take 45 minutes to arrive, took nearly three hours, arriving in a 47-foot boat instead of a 110-footer, which better suited the job.
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