Rogue wave swamps yacht, two in lucky rescue



2:35 AM Fri 13 May 2011 GMT
'Manfred Jabbusch is helped to an ambulance while Heinz Fragner thanks his rescuers' . Click Here to view large photo
The danger of an unexpected rogue wave is ever present, no matter where you are sailing, and this story shows how important back-up systems are for the cruising sailor. The US Coast Guard has rescued two sailors this week, 120 miles southeast of the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, when a rogue wave hit their boat during conditions which were described as high but not particularly rough. The wave broke the mast of the 45ft sailing boat Eva, and the yacht began taking on water. 'If you hit a monster wave, you have no chance to survive,' Manfred Jabbush of Germany ...


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by Lee Mylchreest





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