#farragutclass

This story centers on a solo sailor who experiences a mysterious Mayday call. Despite searching, he finds no trace until a final dive.

Seven days out of Hawaii a full moon haunts a cloudy sky, slipping away occasionally leaving the little sailboat cruising a lonely section of the Pacific in pitch black. The slap of water on the haul is rhythmic. The sail, full. Her speed, 12 knots. And the Captain? trying to figure out what happened to the radio. It just died. No power. No sound. A bit unnerving. He originally decided to wait…