Sin Rumbo

Paul Baker (Email to Nauticapedia 09/02/2021) stated "I noticed that there was no history on the Sin Rumbo. What I can tell you is that the vessel was owned by my Second Cousin on my mother's side, Wesley Trimble previously a resident of Hornby Island. My Cousin was using the vessel to smuggle cocaine from Costa Rica to Canada but had been under the watchful eye of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as well as the USDEA. To make a long story short the Sin Rumbo was intercepted at sea and the following article decribes her demise. USS McCampbell Makes Successful Drug Bust on First Deployment In-Depth Coverage Navy Newsstand Story Number: NNS030530-03 Release Date: 5/30/2003 9:58:00 AM By Ensign Joel Jackson, USS McCampbell Public Affairs ABOARD USS MCCAMPBELL, At Sea (NNS) -- USS McCampbell (DDG 85), on its first operational deployment, seized 1.36 metric tons of cocaine from a sailing vessel off the coast of Central America. McCampbell is conducting a counter drug deployment under the control of Joint Interagency Task Force - West. In the predawn hours of May 12, 2003, ship's force and members of a U.S Coast Guard law enforcement detachment conducted a discrete boarding of the "Sin Rumbo," a Canadian flagged sailing vessel. Inside the vessel, the boarding team discovered 1.36 metric tons of cocaine packaged for shipment and valued at more than $20 million. The master of the vessel, along with the narcotics, were transferred to McCampbell and detained until he could be handed over to proper authorities. Following discussions with appropriate law enforcement authorities, McCampbell destroyed the sailing vessel with the ship's Mk-45 5-inch/62 caliber gun weapon system. Ensign Danielle Kaegel was the officer of the deck both when the vessel was first approached and boarded, and then later when the vessel was destroyed and sunk. "I had very good timing and was lucky that I was able to experience both of these events during my watches," said Kaegel. "It was a unique, interesting learning experience; something I probably will not see again. It was rewarding to prosecute and accomplish our mission." "