Show ocean derelict derelicts where a vessel will drift once her crew has abandoned her and how long she will stay afloat are lema she may sink in a few daa das s and she may flo float floit it for years the american schooner iyer G sargent appears to hold the long dis tance record for floating as a dere I 1 ct et abandoned for some reason by her crew off cape hatteras she was next observed COO miles to the east ward mard but soon after she rhe vias mas sight ed near the spot pot where her crew left her still later she was seen near the coast of Ala madeira delra with the win wind tide and current to help her she had crossed the atlantic at least three tim s before she disappeared forever all through I 1 er wanderings she was of course a potential menace to ev every ery ah h p that neireda her wavering course |