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Three more sailors' lives saved by EPIRB

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8:34 PM Fri 27 Aug 2010 GMT
'Wilhelmshaven to the rescue' .
It's happened yet again. The lives of three French sailing crew have been saved by their EPIRB - and a friendly passing container ship. The yacht, 500 nautical miles off its expected course sent the emergency alert this week while were sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The alert was picked up by Britain's Falmouth Coastguard. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said an emergency alert was received from the crew of Idem, a Beneteau 38, at about 0730 on Thursday. Sailing from Iceland to Brittany, the yacht had been blown 500 miles off course in Force 7 winds and its ...


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