Three Rescued from Stricken Saiboat off Nova Scotia

[Mark1977]

Here is the story
European sailors rescued from storm-tossed boat off Nova Scotia - The Globe and Mail
They are lucky the weather was hurricane like 65 knot winds...

[S/V Alchemy]

I wonder why they left into that? Even in Toronto I can see the weather's rough at the moment from the satellite and isobar stuff on the national forecast.

[sailingmonica]

As one poster aptly put it "This is the part of yachting they don't show you in those Freedom 55 commercials."

Nonetheless, going that route this time of year is a risky decision.

[nv5l]

How did they send out a distress call -- epirb?

[svcambria]

I like a later newspaper-posted comment, "Send them the bill..."

Michael

[hummingway]

The Canadian Search and Rescue folks are prepared to work in some pretty bad weather. They are heroes indeed.

[Mark1977]

Canadian search and rescue are heroes indeed, but these guys never should have left the wharf in that weather. I am a commercial fisherman and just happen to be fishing in that area. We go out in all kinds of weather but we stayed in for that one. It had been for-casted for days.

[s/v Moondancer]

We read of this kind of incident several times a year.

I am all for personal freedom and I have no problems with these people attempting stupid crossings but they should leave their radios and EPIRBS at home so that they do not risk the lives of rescue personnel.

The forum would do everyone a service if they catalogued all these incidents when stupid people try and cross the Atlantic in hurricane season or winter.