Yep. Beneteau 40.7 returning to England from racing in Antigua. Keel gone, windows smashed out, 4 crew missing. Search now suspended. Lots of stories. Search "Cheeki Rafiki".
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Jerome Tauber via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Posted on TicketeebooSaturday, 24 May 2014 Day 8 gone and continuing > towards Flores, Azores 38:35N 044:32W > Start of day 9 Noon on Saturday 24th May 2014. > In position 38º35'N 044º32'W COG 081(T) SOG 7kn'ish sailing with poled > 2-reef genoa quite nicely. Wind SW F6. 2-3m seas & sunny. > Flores, Azores is 082(T) 625NM Dist Run by log in last 24 hours 153NM > Distance made good towards Flores 159NM. > > During hours of darkness on watch this morning BBC World Service reported > Cheeki Rafiti latest news. Day before yesterday we overheard the British > SAR aircraft report spotting wreckage close to our intended course to steer > today. Earlier yesterday at noon we couldn't miss seeing a US Navy SAR > helicopter circling close by on our port side. The helicopter flew over to > us at low level then returned to same area on our port side. In meantime > the US warship, which had been searching an area few miles to the N of us, > took-off at high speed towards the helicopter and us. The warship called us > on VHF C16 and asked us to keep clear whilst they manoeuvred to put a > manned boat in the water to inspect Cheeki Rafiti wreckage located on the > surface by their helicopter. We were less than 2 miles away and would not > have spotted the up-turned hull if not for the close presence of the > helicopter. The US warship then made arrangements for the US Navy Auxilary > ship Gumman, which had been searching an area few miles to S of us, to join > them. We continued sailing on our way without interfering with their SAR > operations. BBC World Service now reports the US Navy used underwater > cameras to inspect inside the up-turned hull revealing smashed windows, > liferaft attached and not launched. We were passing through the search > areas > keeping lookout for the liferaft and we pinned our hopes on finding it > because there is always a chance survivors can be found, no matter how > small the odds. > Fellow yachties, as well friends and family of yachties will probably feel > like I do as I write this day's blog during my 00:00 - 03:00 watch, early > hours this morning. There by the grace of God go I. > Ticketeeboo MMSI 235071989 Callsign 2CED3, Ham callsign = m0hng > At 24/05/2014 14:58 UT our position was 38°35.42'N 044°32.85'W > <http://blog.mailasail.com/ticketeeboo> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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