Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Ohhh dear...we were right Jack
They would have had a bit of a dilemma, if the ship had responded and they took the crew off, doesn’t the law of the sea require you to land the said survivors at the nearest port, which would have been the one they were trying to get them to go in the first place..
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It looks like the Captain of the Resolute had a great day, they even managed to wiggle out of a potential dilemma involving rescueing the patrol boats' crew and returning them to port.