Tuesday 6 November 2012

CLYDE Rescue – the Falkland Guardship, the Patrol Boat CLYDE has rescued a British couple and their teenage daughters from a stricken yacht, the MORGAUSE 11 after it hit an iceberg.   The British family, whose round-the-world voyage which started five years ago ended nearly ended when their yacht (a 60ft Oyster Cutter Sloop), struck an iceberg 300 miles north east of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.    The MORGAUSE 11 had left South Georgia heading towards Cape Town and when disaster struck the couple and their daughters bailed water for 20 hours as the CLYDE raced against time to save them.  The CLYDE was alerted to the plight of the yacht by Falmouth Coastguard who answered a distress call by satellite which was answered by email.    All in days work for the Falkland Guardship!

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