He Survived the Gulf - and Chose Not to Call Help
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He Survived the Gulf - and Chose Not to Call Help
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He survived a dismasting in 44-knot winds and a 53°F Gulf with a working EPIRB on board-but he didn't press it. A navigation light recovered after six days and a still-burning LED pulled from a trotline are the small, stubborn clues that forced rescuers to question a single deliberate choice: why decline an immediate distress call when every system for rescue was in place?
In this episode, we tell what happened on the Adrienne between February 2 and February 11, 2019, how the mast fell at 2:17 a.m., and the sequence of methodical decisions that followed; what drove a retired structural engineer and volunteer to treat a severe forearm laceration, sail with damaged gear, stop for fuel in cash, and avoid activating his emergency beacon-what was he trying to prove or avoid?
Person: Gary Mason
Date: February 5, 2019 (mast failure at 2:17 a.m.)
Location: Gulf of Mexico, four miles southeast of Pelican Shoals (debris recovered)
Age: 52
Item recovered: Navigation light with red LED still burning after nearly six days underwater
- Winds at the squall reached sustained 44 knots with gusts to 51 knots when the forestay toggle failed.
- The Adrienne was a 37-foot sloop, dismasted across the port rail; mast and navigation light entered the water.
- Water temperature in the Florida Gulf on those February days was 53°F.
- Gary had a registered EPIRB onboard and an intact SSB radio but did not activate the beacon and lost external antennas.
- A crab fisherman, Raymond Hicks, found the tangled aluminum tubing and the still-glowing red LED on his trotlines six days after the mast fell.
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