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Message in a bottle.... 35 years later The Stamford Advocate this week has the fascinating tale of a "message in a bottle" from a cruise ship that apparently survived more than three decades at sea before landing in the British West Indies. A vacationer from Illinois found the clear glass Tab cola bottle -- sealed with a cork and an aluminum screw top -- on the island of Middle Caicos during a recent trip, the Connecticut paper says. ALSO ONLINE: Live reports from the luxury ship Silver Shadow ALSO ONLINE: The secret to cruising in the Mediterranean A note inside the bottle was dated Dec. 29, 1973. "I am on the Vistafjord. Write back to Andrew Tallos," the message said in a 's handwriting, according to the paper. "324 Haviland Rd, Stamford, Conn. 06903." The Advocate tracked down Tallos, who was 11 at the time he wrote the message and dropped it overboard. "My sister, Lisa, remembers the vacation really well," Tallos told the paper. "She's even more excited than I am. I really had forgotten all about the bottle, the vacation, so it's interesting to hear that it's turned up and survived." Tallos' sister tells the paper the family sailed on the maiden voyage of the 25,000-ton Vistafjord, a trip to the Southern Caribbean from New York. She added that her entire family gathered at the back of the ship to throw the sealed bottle into the sea. Cruise lines have strict rules about throwing items off of ships, of course. Cruise Loggers, have you ever thought of sending out a message in a bottle while at sea? |
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