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Pat · 11-08-2013, 06:02 PM

I'm new to this board, so could you let me know if this is fairly accurate?

robyrob · 11-08-2013, 06:31 PM

storms in the northern Pacific run clockwise; so if they were blown off course, it would have been to the south or west of their intended location, not to the east.

Pat · 11-08-2013, 08:01 PM

Wow. thanks

Pat · 11-08-2013, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

storms in the northern Pacific run clockwise; so if they were blown off course, it would have been to the south or west of their intended location, not to the east.

Then again, what was their location when the storm hit?

Do we assume that the tour just started or that the tour was around Hawaii???

robyrob · 11-09-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Pat

Then again, what was their location when the storm hit?

Do we assume that the tour just started or that the tour was around Hawaii???

that's the problem - we don't really know where they were going

my guess is that if they started in Hawaii, and were planning to just go out for about three hours, that it would have just have been some inter-island hopping about and not really intending to go away from the Hawaiian chain at all.

Marvo301 · 11-09-2013, 04:11 PM

I seem to remember the Island being described in an episode as being southwest of Hawaii.

bookandfilmnut · 11-13-2013, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

that's the problem - we don't really know where they were going

my guess is that if they started in Hawaii, and were planning to just go out for about three hours, that it would have just have been some inter-island hopping about and not really intending to go away from the Hawaiian chain at all.

A three hour tour, on a little boat like that - probably couldn't go more than 15 miles an hour at most, in order to return to the same place in 3 hours, they would not have gone more than 20 or so miles from Honolulu -- they probably would not have even left sight of Oahu. In fact, what the heck would you "tour" if you are out of sight of land??

Just another of those "suspend disbelief" elements, like the Howells bringing along all those clothes for a 3 hour boat ride. (Besides, since Mr Howell owned his own yacht, why would he charter a little boat like the Minnow and ride along 3 other passengers who were complete strangers?) Fun to speculate once in a while, but don't let it ruin the show for you

ThisLittlePiggy · 11-13-2013, 05:04 PM

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Just another of those "suspend disbelief" elements, like the Howells bringing along all those clothes for a 3 hour boat ride. (Besides, since Mr Howell owned his own yacht, why would he charter a little boat like the Minnow and ride along 3 other passengers who were complete strangers?) Fun to speculate once in a while, but don't let it ruin the show for you

Like that episode when Gilligan asked Mr. Howell for some pills (tranquilizers?) and Mr. Howell had a whole briefcase of pill bottles with him on the island! How could he possibly think he needed all that medicine in a 3-hour time period! LOL

hifijohn · 11-15-2013, 04:13 PM

I've been saying this for years, besides that fact that storms just dont appear out of nowhere, the skipper would have had a good 24 hrs warning,they couldnt have gone very far from hawaii.

treky · 11-16-2013, 04:40 AM

if it's any help, they filmed the show at a place in California called ECHO LAKE PARK.

Pat · 11-16-2013, 06:51 PM

I've purchased "The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook".

In the first paragraph of chapter one, it reads,

"The passengers and crew aboard the S.S. Minnow, a small sightseeing vessel, would be shipwrecked on an island about two hundred miles southeast of Hawaii."

Pat · 11-16-2013, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

storms in the northern Pacific run clockwise; so if they were blown off course, it would have been to the south or west of their intended location, not to the east.

Perhaps they were to the east of Honolulu when the storm was coming from the West to East and they went further East to try to outrun the storm.

Pat · 12-03-2013, 06:53 PM

I just watched episode 18 "X Marks The Spot" from season one. The Pentagon fires a missile at 140 Lat and 10 Long that lands right at Gilligan's Island lagoon. Here is a shot from that episode. It is southeast of Hawaii!!!

Pat · 12-03-2013, 07:08 PM

I recall my Physics instructor from Phoenix College mentioning that the castaways of Gilligan's island left port in one ocean and the storm blew them into a completely different ocean. I don't recall the actual locations he was talking about (this was probably in 1990), but I remember him saying, "That was some storm."

Boy, was he wrong.

Pat · 12-03-2013, 07:36 PM

Yellow pin is at 10 Lat and 140 Long

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hifijohn Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 07, 2013 Posts: 209	storm I've been saying this for years, besides that fact that storms just dont appear out of nowhere, the skipper would have had a good 24 hrs warning,they couldnt have gone very far from hawaii.

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11-16-2013, 06:51 PM	#11
Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	I've purchased "The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook". In the first paragraph of chapter one, it reads, "The passengers and crew aboard the S.S. Minnow, a small sightseeing vessel, would be shipwrecked on an island about two hundred miles southeast of Hawaii."

12-03-2013, 06:53 PM	#13
Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	Location of Gilligan's Island I just watched episode 18 "X Marks The Spot" from season one. The Pentagon fires a missile at 140 Lat and 10 Long that lands right at Gilligan's Island lagoon. Here is a shot from that episode. It is southeast of Hawaii!!! Attached Images

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Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	I recall my Physics instructor from Phoenix College mentioning that the castaways of Gilligan's island left port in one ocean and the storm blew them into a completely different ocean. I don't recall the actual locations he was talking about (this was probably in 1990), but I remember him saying, "That was some storm." Boy, was he wrong.

12-03-2013, 07:36 PM	#15
Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	From google Earth Yellow pin is at 10 Lat and 140 Long Attached Images