Four British cruising sailors rescued after yacht sinks



10:45 PM Thu 10 Jun 2010 GMT
'MRM Princess - summoned to the rescue by AMVER' .
Four British sailors had an unexpected ride to Spain when the Moody 376 they were sailing back to Britain after a 12 year cruising sojourn in the Caribbean lost steering and began to sink in the Atlantic Ocean. The combined efforts of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Falmouth, the United States Coast Guard, and the excellent Amver system resulted in the two sailing couples being rescued from their sinking boat Octagon, 600 miles off the north-west coast of Spain this week. They were Mike and Barbara Arnold from Devon and David and Angela Johnson, from the Midlands. MRCC Falmouth, ...


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