Stranded at sea: South Florida couple shares story of 28-day voyage on sailboat in Caribbean
Couple speaks exclusively with WPTV about harrowing journey
Marty Widrick and Sven Karrlson recall how they spent 28 days stranded at sea in an exclusive interview with WPTV NewsChannel 5.
Posted at 10:54 AM, Feb 10, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-10 10:54:30-05
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. â Tears come to my eyes as I write this; it s been such a trial, Marty Widrick read aloud from a notebook. Exhausting, at times, even defeating. Everything seems to be against us. How can so many things go wrong and continue to? We are at the point of having the backup of the backups running out.
By Joel Malkin
Dec 23, 2020
Searching the waters between Matthewtown in the Bahamas and the Turks since Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard says there has been no sign of two missing boaters and their craft, which appears to be based in Palm Beach County.
72-year old Sven Gunnar Karlsson and 51-year old Marty Sue Widrick left the Bahamas for the Turks and Caicos on December 16 but have not been heard from since.
A Coast Guard plan has been scouring the area looking for the 50-foot sailboat named Get Nauti.
The back of the boat reads Palm Beach, which likely references the hailing port.
By Joel Malkin
Dec 23, 2020
Searching the waters between Matthewtown in the Bahamas and the Turks since Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard says there has been no sign of two missing boaters and their craft, which appears to be based in Palm Beach County.
72-year old Sven Gunnar Karlsson and 51-year old Marty Sue Widrick left the Bahamas for the Turks and Caicos on December 16 but have not been heard from since.
A Coast Guard plan has been scouring the area looking for the 50-foot sailboat named Get Nauti.
The back of the boat reads Palm Beach, which likely references the hailing port.
By Joel Malkin
Dec 23, 2020
Searching the waters between Matthewtown in the Bahamas and the Turks since Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard says there has been no sign of two missing boaters and their craft, which appears to be based in Palm Beach County.
72-year old Sven Gunnar Karlsson and 51-year old Marty Sue Widrick left the Bahamas for the Turks and Caicos on December 16 but have not been heard from since.
A Coast Guard plan has been scouring the area looking for the 50-foot sailboat named Get Nauti.
The back of the boat reads Palm Beach, which likely references the hailing port.