Show ocean derelicts where a vessel will drift once her crew has abandoned her and how bow long she will stay afloat are problematical lema lemat leal she may sink in a few days and she may float for years the ile american schooner myer U sargent appears to hold bold the long distance record for floating as a derelict abandoned for some borne reason by her crew off cape hatteras she was next nest observed GOO COO miles to the eastward but soon after she was night sighted near the spot where her crew left her still later she was seen near the coast of madeira with the wind tide and current to help her she had crossed the atlantic at least three times before she disappeared forever all through her wanderings she was of course a potential menace to every ship that neared her wavering course |