Monday, June 27, 2011

Solo sailor in rough seas | nsri.org.za

During mid afternoon on Saturday 25th June, 2011, NSRI East London were placed on alert following a ?Pan Pan? (a request for assistance) from a female solo sailor aboard her yacht reporting to be experiencing some mechanical problems in very rough sea conditions some 12 nautical miles off-shore in the vicinity of the Kei River Mouth on the Eastern Cape Coastline.

Sea swells at the time were rough 7 to 8 meter swells and very strong winds.

She?had requested only assistance and she was not declaring a full-blown emergency distress.

NSRI East London were placed on high alert and an NSRI Air Sea Rescue team were placed on alert with the AV8 helicopter company (East London) and with the SA Air Force 15 Squadron, Charlie Flight, (Port Elizabeth), while Maritime Radio Services continued to monitor communications and the position of the yacht via VHF Radio communications and satellite telephone.

At approximately 05h00 this morning, Sunday 26th June, 2011, no further communications could be reached with the yacht and at 07h00, with sea and weather conditions having subsided considerably, a fixed wing aircraft and NSRI East London?s deep-sea rescue craft Spirit of Lotto?was dispatched to search for the yacht.

The search is still underway.?

Source: http://www.nsri.org.za/2011/06/solo-sailor-in-rough-seas/

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