Show ocean derelicts where a vessel will drift once I 1 her er crew has abandoned fier ner and how I 1 long slie she will stay afloat are problematical lema she may sink in a few days and slie she may float for years the american schooner myer G u sargent appears to hold the long distance record for flo floating atlig as a derelict abandoned for some reason by her crew oft off cape hatteras she was next observed GOO miles to the file eastward but soon after she was sighted near the spot where her crew left her still later slie she was seen near the coast of madeira with the wind tide and current to help her slie she h had n d crossed the atlantic at least three times before slie she disappeared forever all through lier her wanderings slie he was of course a potential menace to every ship that neared her wavering course |