Rose-Noëlle Explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Name: | Rose-Noëlle | | Ship Route: | Picton to Tonga | | Ship Fate: | Capsized at 6am on June 4, 1989 by a rogue wave, drifted for 119 days and sank at Little Waterfall Bay |
| Ship Type: | Trimaran | | Ship Tonnage: | 6.5 tons | | Ship Length: | 12.6 m |
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Rose-Noëlle was a
trimaran that
capsized at 6 AM on June 4, 1989, in the southern
Pacific Ocean off the coast of
New Zealand.
[1] [2] Four men (John Glennie, James Nalepka, Rick Hellriegel and Phil Hoffman) survived adrift on the wreckage of the ship for 119 days.
[3] Capsize and survival
After being hit by a rogue wave during a storm, the trimaran capsized, trapping the crew inside. After cutting an escape hatch, they set the emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB), convinced that they would be rescued a few days later. The water tanks, which contained 140 liters of fresh water, slowly emptied themselves unbeknown to the crew. The EPIRB, which had a radius of one hundred nautical miles, stopped working on June 13 after 8 days.[4] They made a rain water collecting device by splitting lengths of plastic pipe. After about 2–3 months, Barnacles and mollusks began to grow on the hulls, making fishing easier.[5]
In popular culture
Their story is told in the 2015 New Zealand television film Abandoned, starring Dominic Purcell and Peter Feeney, along with Owen Black and Greg Johnson. It was directed by John Laing.[6]
Actors
- Dominic Purcell as James Nalepka
- Peter Feeney as John Glennie, owner of Rose-Noëlle
- Owen Black as Rick Hellriegel
- Greg Johnson as Phil Hoffman
- Siobhan Marshall as Martha
- Daniel Cleary as Laing
- Serena Cotton as Heather
- Rachel Nash as Karen Hoffman
See also
References
- News: Lost at sea: The Rose-Noelle story . Phare . Jane . 2009-09-30 . New Zealand Herald . 2017-02-20 . en-NZ . 1170-0777.
- News: 119 days lost at sea - YBW . 2013-12-06 . YBW . 2017-03-31 . en-US.
- News: Awarau. Aroha. Sep 21, 2015. The Rose Noelle: 25 years on, a wife's true story. New Zealand Woman's Weekly. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816225632/http://www.womensweekly.co.nz/latest/real-life/the-rose-noelle-25-years-on-a-wifes-true-story-16105. 2016-08-16.
- Book: Glennie. John. The spirit of Rose-Noëlle : 119 days adrift, a survival story. Phare. Jane. 1992. New York : Fawcett Crest. Internet Archive. 978-0-449-22082-5.
- Web site: Relative claims missing schooner crew 'could still be surviving'. 2021-11-16. www.sail-world.com.
- Web site: 2015-08-22. Rose Noelle story to be retold in two-part film. 2021-11-15. Stuff. en.
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