All language subtitles for S02 E03 - Into the Magnetic Storm _ ENG

narrator: Tonight on
"The Bermuda Triangle:

Into Cursed Waters"...

- This is maybe one
of the most tragic stories

we've come across
in the Bermuda Triangle.

[dramatic music]

- To the yachting world,
my grandfather was a giant.

narrator: A racing yacht
helmed by a champion skipper

never arrives in port.

- We have a highly
experienced skipper,

and yet they disappeared.

narrator: Did a freak anomaly
send her to her doom?

- I actually study
the Bermuda Triangle of space.

- So the compass could
have been affected?

- Absolutely.

narrator:
The team looks for the wreck.

- This might be our target.

This wreck looks
like a sailboat.

narrator:
And answers for two sisters

orphaned
by the Bermuda Triangle.

- Everything
in my world vanished.

♪ ♪

narrator: There is a place

that evokes
fear and fascination.

Bounded by Florida,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico,

the Bermuda Triangle has
swallowed countless ships,

planes, and people.

♪ ♪

Now an elite team
is on the hunt...

- Dive, dive, dive.

narrator:
And making big finds.

- We've discovered
"Challenger."

narrator: Their secret weapon,

a wreck map,
decades in the making.

- These are dangerous dives.

- Ahh!

- Any sane person
would not be doing this.

narrator: Their mission,
solve the mystery

of the Bermuda Triangle
one wreck at a time.

- Dude, are you seeing this?

- Mother Nature is going
to take these wrecks away.

The clock is ticking.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- What drives us is just
the sense of exploration.

It's that thrill of discovery,

to lay eyes on something
that no one's seen

for sometimes hundreds
of years.

It's a challenge.

Can we find it?
Where is it?

Why hasn't
anyone else found it?

It's exhilarating.

♪ ♪

narrator: It's another
sun-drenched morning

in Miami, Florida.

Most of the city's residents

are still sleeping
off the night before.

♪ ♪

But wreck divers Mike Barnette
and Jimmy Gadomski

are already on the move
in their ongoing mission

to solve the mysteries
of the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

Today, they're headed
to a pair of dive targets

just off the Miami coast,

hoping to solve a 60-year-old
Bermuda Triangle tragedy,

the disappearance of a racing
yacht named "Revonoc."

- What we know is,
she departed Key West.

She headed up here to Miami.

We're basically towards the
northern end of that journey.

- We have a couple targets
right here and here.

- This is maybe one
of the most tragic stories

we've come across in all
of our Bermuda Triangle,

you know, lost ships.

It's because it was only
five people on board,

but four of them were
all from one family.

♪ ♪

narrator:
New Year's Day, 1958,

"Revonoc" is
a brand-new Sparkman-Stephens

43-foot-long racing yacht

owned by champion ocean racer
Harvey Conover.

- My grandfather was a big man
with a very big life.

Harvey Conover Sr. was one
of the most trophied yachtsmen

in the world.

He had sailed in many ocean
races and won many of them.

♪ ♪

"Revonoc"
is Conover backwards.

I think my grandfather
loved his name.

[chuckles]

narrator: Conover's latest
boat is a custom design

he's been sailing
up the Florida coast

with his wife Dorothy,

their son and former
Coast Guard officer Larry,

daughter-in-law Lori,

and family friend
Bill Fluegelman.

- I don't think you could
have picked a more experienced

and better crew
than the people that were

aboard the "Revonoc" that day.

narrator: The 110-mile trip
from the Florida Keys to Miami

should be
an easy two-day sale.

[thunder rumbles]

But on January 2nd,
out of nowhere,

a storm catches
the entire region by surprise.

- This is the kind
of weather that you see

in the Bermuda Triangle.

It was just unexpected.
Nobody predicted it.

- 70-mile-an-hour winds.

30-foot swells.

I mean, you're going
to be bouncing around

out there, to say the least.

I mean, it's a nightmare.

♪ ♪

narrator:
The Coast Guard tows dozens

of vessels back to port,

but there's no sign
of "Revonoc."

♪ ♪

- So you have a highly
experienced skipper

who has won many trophies.

You have a member
of the Coast Guard on board.

And yet they disappear
without a trace.

♪ ♪

- To the yachting world,
my grandfather was a giant.

And Harvey Conover
would not fail ever.

narrator: The disappearance
stuns the boating community

and makes national headlines.

- There were something
like 30 ships involved

in the search
and rescue effort.

Not only
the United States Coast Guard,

but believe it or not,
also the Cuban Navy as well.

There were many other ships
that were caught in this storm,

and of all of them, it is the
"Revonoc" that goes missing.

- There was just
one piece of debris

that washed up on shore,

the small dinghy
that was on board.

And that came up
about 80 miles north of Miami.

narrator: That leaves
a massive search area,

roughly 15,000 square miles,

starting from the location
of the dinghy

and stretching
into the Triangle.

The two dive targets are near
where the dinghy was found,

and preliminary scans suggest

a match for the "Revonoc."

[upbeat music]

Target one
is 80 miles north of Miami.

- Dive, dive, dive.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- You good?

- I'm OK.

narrator:
Conditions are perfect.

♪ ♪

But something's not right.

♪ ♪

Sonar showed a target here.

But so far, there's nothing
but sand in every direction.

♪ ♪

Then, suddenly,
they spot something ahead.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Up top, safety diver
Kiki Dee has been watching

over the divers like a hawk.

- Bag up.

narrator: She's surprised
to see them surface so soon.

- So what did you guys see?

- It had all the makings
of a great dive.

Great visibility.
Warm water.

Just no wreck.

♪ ♪

narrator: After
a disappointing first dive,

the team pushes on
to target number two.

- Picking up something.

A little bit.

- Now circle around
the starboard and same thing.

♪ ♪

- Huh?
- Ah...

- Huh?
- Huh?

- Huh?
- A little something there.

narrator:
But Barnette isn't so sure.

- You're not seeing
any connectivity to the bottom?

You're seeing--
you see underneath it?

- Yep.

- So it's probably another line
of lobster traps again.

- Yeah.
- We're not reading wreckage.

- Yeah, that's not
what we're looking for.

- Yeah.

narrator: Another miss.

♪ ♪

After a frustrating day,
they head back to port.

♪ ♪

- It's not always
Mai Tais and Yahtzee.

♪ ♪

There are times you go out,
and you're culling

through all your targets,
and you find nothing.

- It takes us
a while to do this.

We're out there
day in and day out,

and when we have one of those
big discoveries, it's great.

That feeling is amazing.

♪ ♪

I mean, we found a piece
of the "Challenger."

We've made six new discoveries

in and outside
of the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

But when we go out
and we're searching

and searching,
and nothing's turning up

day after day,
it's discouraging.

- Not getting
that adrenaline rush

can be really demoralizing.

You have periods of just--
where you just

almost want to give up.

♪ ♪

narrator:
But to Mike and Jimmy,

the mission is too important.

- Each wreck
is telling us a story,

a story of why it went down.

A lot of times, we're dealing
with casualties on the wrecks.

And we're able to link
some of these stories

together
for their families even

and bring the families closure.

♪ ♪

narrator:
As a new day dawns over Miami,

Mike, Jimmy, and Kiki put
the frustration of yesterday

behind them and set out once
again in search of "Revonoc."

♪ ♪

They're heading to a backup
target called Joe's Wreck.

Like yesterday's targets,

Joe's Wreck lies
north of Miami

within the search area
in which

they think "Revonoc" sank.

- This is a site that first
came to our attention

to myself and to a good
friend of mine, Joe Citelli,

and we always wanted
to get out here.

It was on our radar,
but time and circumstances

always prevented us from doing
a more thorough investigation

of the site.

♪ ♪

- We should be coming
up on it right here.

- Starting to mark more.
Yeah, there we go.

- There it is.
- There, OK.

- That structure.
- Yup.

- Yes.

- You want to set up a drift,

and then we'll drop
the camera in?

narrator: The depth finder
shows a significant structure

nearly 300 feet down
on the ocean floor,

more than twice as deep

as yesterday's
disappointing targets.

At this depth, after just
20 minutes on the bottom,

the divers will need two hours
of decompression time

before they can resurface.

Another miss would mean
another day wasted.

- Dropping!

narrator: So before diving in,
the team pulls out a trick

of the wreck hunter's trade.

They call it wreck fishing.

- How far?

- About 20 seconds.

♪ ♪

- It's almost 300 feet.

If we're doing this dive
and not finding the wreck,

we have to scrub the day.

So this is a way to get
basically intel

on what's on the bottom
to see if it's worth actually

suiting up and doing the dive.

♪ ♪

narrator: As Barnette
lowers an underwater camera

from a fishing line,
Jimmy positions the boat,

hoping to capture the first
images of Joe's Wreck.

- We are pinging the target
on the depth finder!

♪ ♪

narrator: With wreck fishing,
there's no live feed.

Barnette must
reel in the camera

to see what lies below.

- All right, let's see
what we got this time.

♪ ♪

Oh, there's some wreck,
something on the bottom.

Oh, there it is.
Ahh!

I just hit it.

Oh, man.

- Oh, there it is.
There it is.

Oh, yeah.
- That's a lot of wreckage.

[dramatic music]

narrator: Just north of Miami,
the dive team

is on the hunt for "Revonoc,"
a legendary sailing yacht

that disappeared
in the Bermuda Triangle

65 years ago.

♪ ♪

They're probing
an unidentified wreck

nicknamed Joe's Wreck,

which lies in the area
they believe "Revonoc" sank.

- [grunts]
Man.

narrator:
Their wreck fishing expedition

has landed them a major catch.

- This looks promising.

I mean, this looks
like wreckage on the bottom.

It's not a barge,
that's for sure.

- No.
And you've seen the beams.

It's old too.

You can see it's--
you see the outline of it.

It's sanded over a little bit.

- This one was
of great interest

because we're looking
for the "Revonoc,"

and we could see
kind of a mast sticking up.

It definitely
caught my attention.

- This is the first stage
of basically recon.

So we are planning
to head back to the dock,

regroup, and dive this
at the next opportunity.

narrator: Back on land,
Mike and Jimmy meet up

with fellow team member,
historian David O'Keefe,

to review their footage
of Joe's Wreck.

- We have this debris
that's coming across here.

- Yeah, look at it.

- Now we can see we're coming
up on this wooden structure.

And then, right as we
come to the one side,

we have this, like,
beam sticking up.

I'm not sure what it could be.

Like, maybe a potential mast.

- So what kind of vessel?

I mean, what could this be?

- It's really hard
to pinpoint the vessel,

but it's definitely
something small and wooden.

Looks roughly 50 feet long.

- I think we need
to dive this.

- OK.

I'm going to get in touch
with the land team,

and we're going
to see if we can maybe

get in touch with the family.

- It'd be great for some
insider intel on this.

narrator: The team splits up
to follow the trail.

As Mike and Jimmy plan for
a full dive on Joe's Wreck,

Dave joins Wayne Abbott
in Puget Sound, Washington,

to follow up a crucial lead
in the "Revonoc's"

mysterious disappearance.

- I made contact
with the granddaughter

of Harvey Conover.

This could be key
because, you know,

sometimes the families
hold on to a lot of stuff

that just isn't
available elsewhere.

[projector whirring]

♪ ♪

- We found it a few months ago.

- You only found this
a few months ago?

- Yeah.
- Really?

Where did you find it?
- Well, it was in a box.

[laughs]

There was a box
of a lot of footage.

- Yeah.

narrator:
Sarah and Aileen Conover

were 18 months
and three years old

when their parents
and grandparents

disappeared on "Revonoc."

- Our adopted mother
had a lot of these boxes,

which she could never open.

It was too--she said it felt
like it happened yesterday.

She could not open these boxes.

So we finally did.

- There it is.
- There it is.

- Wow, look at it.

It's beautiful.
- Isn't that a beautiful boat?

- Now,
this is really interesting,

to see the actual bottom
of the--

- I know.
- Look at the name on it.

- Look at that.
- You can see the keel.

- Oh, this is fantastic.
The dive team will love this.

- Oh, it's so much
better than just seeing it

in black-and-white photos.

narrator: Captured in the reel
are important clues

that could help
the dive team ID

the shipwreck
they have found...

- Guys,
look at that right there.

narrator: The design
of the ship's keel...

- This is excellent.
- There's the compass.

narrator:
And the navigational equipment

Harvey Conover had on board.

- That's my grandfather.
- Wow.

- That's Harvey.
- Yeah, that's Harvey.

And there's our father.
- Where?

Which one?
- Second to the right.

♪ ♪

- What's it like to watch this
footage after so many years?

- It's sort of a dream

because we didn't know
them hardly at all.

So it's pretty amazing
to see this

and just follow them.

I mean, it certainly
makes it more real.

♪ ♪

narrator: Today, Sarah
and Aileen know their parents

disappeared but little else.

♪ ♪

It is a mystery that has
shaped their whole lives.

♪ ♪

How could their grandfather,
an experienced skipper

at the helm
of a state-of-the-art yacht,

fail to return to port
when so many others did?

It was hardly his first
encounter with a storm.

- My adoptive mother,
Fran, was with Harvey

during a horrendous storm with,
she says, mountainous seas.

So what Harvey did
was go before the wind,

which means you just set out
sea anchors behind you

to slow things down.

And you just go the way
the wind is pushing you.

And he knew
those waters so well.

He knew his navigation.

- Yeah, that's
the other question we have,

actually, is what
kind of communication

and what kind of navigation
systems did they have?

- Compass,
also, they had a receiver,

but not a transmitter.

- A receiver,
but not a transmitter.

- Yeah.

- So he couldn't radio anyone
when they got in trouble?

- Distress, no, he couldn't.

He had said, oh, the lines
are always busy anyway.

So a little bit
of hubris, perhaps.

- Really?
- Mm.

- Not cavalier, but just like,

he's been through
almost everything.

♪ ♪

narrator: Armed with only
a compass and his wits,

Harvey Conover
would have contended

with 70-mile-per-hour winds
and 30-foot swells.

- Based on your research,
how do you think

his personality went up
against the storm?

♪ ♪

- I think
they would have done what

he did with Fran,
which is turn the boat

and go with the wind.

♪ ♪

And we have some evidence
of that because

they'd been seen
by a shrimp boat.

- There was
an eyewitness account

of seeing the "Revonoc"?

- Yeah.

- This would have been
the last thing they sent out

before they sailed.

narrator:
Team members David O'Keefe

and Wayne Abbott
are on the trail

of the racing yacht "Revonoc,"

which disappeared
in the Bermuda Triangle.

[dramatic music]

Now there's
an important new clue,

a potential
eyewitness sighting

from "Revonoc's" final hours.

- This wasn't reported
in any newspapers.

I found it in the deposition
in the court later.

Turns out there was a in-person
sighting of my family's boat

by a shrimp boat called
the "Surf."

narrator: January 3, 1958,

the "Surf," a shrimp boat, has
also been caught in the storm.

Its motor is out.

As it awaits rescue,
it catches sight

of a sailing boat in
an even more dire situation.

- How far away were they?

- Not very far.

They could see them
pretty well.

♪ ♪

It was a white boat,
almost capsized.

♪ ♪

The captain said
there were four people

hanging on lines
behind the boat,

waving frantically.

But the crew member--
there was one crew member--

said, no,
there were five people.

So that matches.

♪ ♪

That's a horrible vision

of how it must
have been for them.

Although,
I do picture my grandfather

being kind of mad at everyone.

You know...
[laughs]

He was that kind of guy,
shaking his fist.

- Do you know where the
location of the sighting was?

- The shrimp boat was fishing

off the southeast corner
of Miami.

The "Surf" said
they went faster

than they were drifting

right by
in a southeasterly direction.

narrator:
It's a compelling clue.

If the shrimp boat
sighting is accurate,

it means "Revonoc" sank
south of Miami.

Joe's Wreck is still a suspect

because it's
near the washed-up dinghy.

But the team needs to consider
new targets in the area

of the shrimp boat sighting.

♪ ♪

Back in Florida,
Dave shares the new intel

with the dive team.

- That was the "Revonoc"?
- Yeah.

- It's amazing
you got this footage.

♪ ♪

- So she had
a little diesel engine.

She doesn't have
a very deep keel at all.

I wouldn't want to be
on her in 20-foot seas.

But yeah, this is very useful
because we're seeing

the layout of the vessel.

Oh, you see the skiff there?

That's what washed up
in Jupiter, right?

- Yeah, exactly,
it ended up in Jupiter

roughly about three
to four days after.

But then--and this could
be a curveball for you guys--

the family mentioned
there was a potential sighting

of "Revonoc" in trouble.

And this was
from a shrimp boat.

They saw a sailboat come by.

It was in complete distress.

And this was somewhere
in the general area

south, southeast of Miami.

♪ ♪

narrator: Mike and Jimmy
know of another target nearer

to the shrimp boat sighting
in their expanded search area.

♪ ♪

- We do have a target
in the northern Keys.

It's a small wreck,
thought to be a sailboat

by some spearfisherman.

♪ ♪

narrator: As Mike and Jimmy

prepare to dive
this new target,

as well as Joe's Wreck...

♪ ♪

Dave and Wayne
are still pursuing the mystery

of how an experienced captain
could have disappeared.

One theory is that there was
a flaw in "Revonoc's" design.

♪ ♪

The investigation takes them
to Northern Maine

to meet with Phil LaFrance,
an expert

on Sparkman-Stephens' yachts
with 40 years of experience.

Few skippers know these yachts
better than Phil.

- So this is your baby.
- This is my baby.

- So what we're looking at
then is pretty much

an identical replica
of the "Revonoc"?

- Yes, exactly.

Same boat, I think,
to every dimension.

- So we know that Conover
and his family

were stuck
in 70-mile-an-hour winds.

- Right.

- How does this vessel
hold up in that?

- This boat has actually
been in that scenario.

♪ ♪

My brother took this boat
to Bermuda in 1980.

It was a famous storm
that actually a lot of people

died in that storm.

♪ ♪

A lot of the wood
on the outside of the boat

got damaged.

Think about all the drawers
are flying open.

♪ ♪

Screws were propelled
and sticking into the wall

on the other side.

But this was the only boat
that showed up

in Bermuda with a mast up.

- That's just amazing to hear.

- The whole key of it is,
if you can get her in the wind

and keep it in the wind,
you'll probably survive it.

♪ ♪

- So it really sounds
like this is

an incredibly sturdy vessel.

- They're still making
boats like this.

If any boat's going
to survive something like that,

this design would
be a perfect choice.

♪ ♪

- So who's to blame?

- Nobody.

You got a very experienced
captain and crew,

a family that probably
have sailed together

for years and years.

They had a new boat.

I think the boat
could take it.

♪ ♪

But you know,
it's just--it's all

the draw of the cards.

♪ ♪

narrator: The land team
leaves the shipyard,

confident there is no flaw
in "Revonoc's" design

that could explain
her disappearance.

♪ ♪

Meanwhile, Mike and Jimmy are
ready to make another dive.

♪ ♪

They're hitting the new target
near where a shrimp boat

reported a vessel in distress
that may have been "Revonoc."

♪ ♪

- We're still trying to ping
more structure on the bottom.

We're getting more fish
than anything.

But as we know,
wrecks hold fish,

and the fish lead us
to the wreck on the bottom.

And that's a wreck right there.

That is 100% a wreck.

Sweet.

[dramatic music]

narrator: Mike Barnette
and Jimmy Gadomski

are diving
a new target in search

of an iconic racing yacht,
"Revonoc," which vanished

in the Bermuda Triangle.

- Set us up, Frank.

Just get us over that target.

narrator: It's one
of two leads they're

investigating based
on a promising but unconfirmed

eyewitness report.

- Dive, dive, dive.

♪ ♪

narrator:
Smalltooth sawfish are

an unusual deep sea sighting.

But it is what lies behind
the fish that they came for.

♪ ♪

Oh!
[laughs]

Ha-ha!

♪ ♪

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narrator: There are no
identifiable markings.

But suddenly, a telltale clue.

The divers take a closer look
at the vessel's hull,

and they may
have their answer.

♪ ♪

narrator: Meanwhile,
3,000 miles away,

David and Wayne arrive
in Los Angeles, California,

to investigate another theory
on why "Revonoc" sank

in spite of the sailing
prowess of its skipper,

Harvey Conover.

Their investigation
has revealed that "Revonoc"

was a tough boat,
more than capable

of withstanding the storm.

But was there something
about the gear

she was carrying
that spelled her doom?

In particular, her compass.

- So, Dave, I came
across this cool research.

At the time
the "Revonoc" went missing,

there was a spike
in solar activity.

- Solar activity?
- Yeah.

- That could take a yacht out?

- Well, don't know for sure,
but we're going

to go meet an expert
who's been studying

this phenomena for years.

And get this, she goes by
the handle Space Weather Woman.

- That's outside the box.

narrator: Tamitha Skov
is a scientist who specializes

in solar activity
and its effects on the Earth.

♪ ♪

- When the Sun has a sunspot
or a sunspot cluster

that merges
on the Sun's surface,

kind of like a submarine,
if you think

of the Sun's surface
as like an ocean,

it'll fire off solar flares,
solar storms,

and the solar radiation storms,
sometimes all at the same time.

♪ ♪

- What is it like
when it arrives on Earth,

and how does it impact
directly ships at sea?

- It takes about two
to four days to reach Earth.

♪ ♪

It slams into the Earth's
big magnetic shield,

and that causes it
to rock and roll,

which then causes compasses
to kind of wiggle

and do all sorts
of strange things.

♪ ♪

narrator: Since the days
of Christopher Columbus,

mariners have described
strange compass anomalies

in the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

The team has even heard
about this firsthand

while investigating another
Bermuda Triangle mystery

in the Bahamas.

- At one point,
it just started spinning.

- The compass
started spinning?

- The compass
started spinning.

It was the strangest thing
I've ever seen.

♪ ♪

narrator: Tamitha thinks
space weather could explain

these compass anomalies.

- You all have been looking
at the Bermuda Triangle,

but I actually studied
the Bermuda Triangle of space.

narrator:
This Bermuda Triangle of space

is officially named
the South Atlantic Anomaly.

It's an area just above
the Earth known to wreak havoc

on spacecraft that enter it.

- It's a weakness
in our Earth's magnetic field

near Brazil and Chile.

It causes issues for
satellites and for airlines.

♪ ♪

narrator: In 2008, a solar
storm was the leading suspect

in an onboard
computer malfunction

that suddenly sent
a Qantas A330 Airbus

into an uncontrolled nosedive.

♪ ♪

The pilot managed to make
an emergency landing,

but not before 100
of the terrified passengers

sustained broken bones
and lacerations

from being thrown
about the plummeting aircraft.

- Does the South
Atlantic Anomaly--

does it stretch into what we
call the Bermuda Triangle?

- It absolutely does.

The northern tip of it
actually stretches

clear up
into the Bermuda Triangle.

♪ ♪

narrator: Tamitha's research
reveals an uncanny coincidence

in the case of "Revonoc."

Her disappearance
coincides exactly

with a massive solar storm.

- So you're saying
that on January 1st,

there was a solar storm?

- Yes, and it didn't really
calm down until about the 3rd.

- So possibly the "Revonoc's"
compass could have been

affected by this solar storm?

- It is absolutely likely.

♪ ♪

narrator:
A violent storm at sea

and on the surface of the Sun.

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Was Harvey Conover fighting
not just 30-foot swells,

but a compass spinning
out of control

right when he needed it most?

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What happened
in those final hours?

The only way to find out
is to find the wreck.

narrator: In Florida,
Mike and Jimmy are back

from diving one
of two potential targets

for the legendary
racing yacht "Revonoc."

- OK, I'm going
to start playing it for you.

[dramatic music]

We found a sailboat.

- Really?

- Fit all the dimensions,

everything
that we're looking for.

- Same size?
Same--

- Same size.
Same everything.

But the "Revonoc"
was a wooden wreck.

- Yeah.

- The hull of the sailboat
that we found

was fiberglass.

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So we were able
to rule out the "Revonoc."

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- Were you able
to make an ID on this one?

- Unfortunately not.
I mean, these are very common.

I mean, the coast of Florida
is littered with small vessels,

sailboats, powerboats.

This is just one of those.

It could have been towed out,
disposed of.

Could have been sunk
during a hurricane.

- So what do you
suggest we do now?

- Well,
we still have Joe's Wreck,

that one site off Miami
that is a wooden-hulled wreck.

It is really broken down,
which you'd expect

for a wooden-hulled vessel
from almost 60 years ago.

So I think we need to get eyes
on that and do a dive on it

and see what we come up with.

- OK.

narrator: The divers
head back to Joe's Wreck,

a battered, wooden-hulled
vessel 300 feet down

and the team's best shot
at finding "Revonoc."

- Throwing!

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- This is the site
we did the drop camera.

Now we have a chance to
actually dive on Joe's Wreck

and find out what it is.

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- It looked like there was
a lot of debris on the bottom.

We could see
kind of a mast sticking up.

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We don't know
till we get in the water,

but this looks like
a potential candidate

for the "Revonoc."

- Hey, Frank,
walk to the back.

- Dive, dive, dive.

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narrator: The divers
approach the ocean floor,

300 feet down.

[equipment beeps]

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narrator: At this depth,
the team have just 15 minutes

to find anything that could
tie this wreck to "Revonoc."

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- [laughing]
- Whoo-hoo!

- I dropped in.

I was probably about 50-foot
north of the wreck.

I saw some fish come out.

I saw the dark spot there,
and then came right

on the stern of the wreck.

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We had a lot of wood that
was buried under the sand.

There was still
some intact wood.

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We were looking for any
kind of artifact that would

be able to identify the wreck.

- Sometimes we could find
something with a date on it,

or a stamp on it,
or, in best cases,

we'll have something that has
the name of the wreck on it.

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narrator:
They measure the wreck,

search for artifacts...

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And take a closer look
at the mast-like object

they discovered
with their dropcam.

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All too soon, time's up.

[alarm beeping]

narrator: Mike and Jimmy
head to the surface

to share their findings
with the land team.

[dramatic music]

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- This is a huge
Bermuda Triangle mystery.

The family does not
know what has happened.

It would be great
to identify the "Revonoc"

and provide them
with the grave site

of their loved ones.

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narrator: In Miami, Florida,
Mike and Jimmy

have completed their dive
on a broken down wooden vessel

they call "Joe's Wreck."

- So what do you got?

narrator: Is it the legendary
racing yacht "Revonoc"?

- It's a wooden wreck,
low lying,

kind of what you expect
for a wreck that's

been down 60-plus years.

- As you can see,
lots of debris.

- Yeah.

- As we started sifting
through things,

we found what we would
expect on a sailboat.

- Wow.

- We definitely had
a wooden vessel here.

A single-screw engine.

We found kitchenwares

and spare parts,
it looked like.

And then,
as we came around the stern,

remember we saw that--

what we thought may
have been a mast?

- Yeah, yeah.

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- It was camouflaged
with encrustation,

so it looked dark,
like wood or metal.

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But once you wipe it away,
you could see

it was clearly white PVC pipe.

- PVC?

How long have we
been using PVC for?

- Probably dates
to the early '60s or so.

Not only that,
we started seeing pieces

of flat plexiglass, probably
for the cabin wheelhouse.

This was not
a well-appointed vessel.

It was more of a work boat.

We're finding more
utilitarian fittings.

We saw tires
that are typically used

as fenders on fishing boats.

- So in other words,
not the kind of stuff

that you would find on a finely
crafted vessel like "Revonoc."

- Definitely,
it's one of those wrecks

that it's good from far,
but far from good.

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narrator:
PVC pipe, plexiglass,

thick tires for fenders,

and at 74 feet, too long.

- This is probably
a fishing vessel.

We weren't able to give
a positive identification,

but obviously it wasn't
what we're looking for.

It wasn't the "Revonoc."

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narrator: Two promising
targets for "Revonoc"

have turned out to be
two new discoveries

whose journeys also ended
in the Bermuda Triangle.

- We know
"Revonoc's" out there.

Now we can cross these
off the list

and find hopefully
some more valuable targets.

- It's the process
of elimination.

So we know where
the wreck isn't.

Now we just need
to find where the wreck is.

narrator: At the same time,
the land team

has uncovered
a new theory that could

be key in solving
the bigger mystery

of the Bermuda Triangle,

the destructive power
of solar storms.

- We never really expected
to see this kind of hard data.

There are forces
up there that do play

with the Bermuda Triangle.

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narrator:
Following the tragedy,

Sarah and Aileen Conover
were adopted by their aunt.

Nobody spoke to them about
the loss of their parents

and grandparents on "Revonoc."

- Back then, children can't
understand these things,

and you don't
tell them those things.

But my body knew at 18 months
old what had happened,

that everything
in my world vanished.

[somber music]

If the boat is found,
there will be some questions

that are answered.

But I think for me,
if there's a silver lining

to any of this,
it's that I have something

to say about how grief
and tragedy doesn't go away.

You actually have to face it
in one way or another.

The more I found out
about my own story,

the more I thought
this story can

be important for other people.

- It is such a tragic story
because, as Sarah told us,

I mean, she was orphaned
by the Bermuda Triangle.

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- No matter what
the reason is,

there's always going
to be that human impact

and that human story
behind it.

And that's something
we can never forget.

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- I would love to continue
searching for it.

We have tomorrow, the next
day, and the next day.

Don't get discouraged.

Tomorrow's another day.

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narrator: For the team,
and more importantly,

the loved ones left behind
by the "Revonoc" tragedy,

the search has narrowed
and will continue

one wreck at a time.

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