Wednesday, 09 September 2015 10:57
Written by AdminSailor
The crew of the "Cap Finistère" saved the three crew members of the 12-m-pleasure boat "Sourire" which had got in distress west of the Pointe de Grave (Gironde) were rescued in the night of Sep 7, 2015.
The sailboat was adrift and partially sank on Sep 8.
The "Sourire" was built in 1965 and was registered in Madagascar.
It was about 200 km west of the Pointe de Grave (Gironde) when issuing a Mayday on Sep 7 at 10 p.m.
The ferry headed towards the position, and at 11:57 p.m., the three persons on board were recovered unharmed by a rescue boat of the Brittany Ferries vessel.
They were taken to Bilbao the following morning at 7 a.m. The maritime prefecture of the Atlantic issued a warning regarding the drifting boat.
In the morning, a helicopter took off in La Rochelle to locate the boat. At noon a maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 of the Naval aviation base Lann-Bihoue, diverted to carry out another search.
Both searches are unsuccessful.