Oil Tanker Crew Save Stranded Eco-yachters
May 7, 2009
An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil tanker.
A trio of environmentally-minded seamen had set sail aiming to make a “carbon neutral” journey to Greenland with the aid of solar power and the wind.
But the solar panels were ripped from the yacht amid rough weather, and the winds – reaching 68 miles per hour – were so harsh that they knocked over the boat several times.
The sailors issued a Mayday call late last week and the Overseas Yellowstone, an oil tanker loaded with 680,000 barrels of crude oil, came to their rescue roughly 400 miles off of Ireland’s west coast.
The rescued sailors have expressed heartfelt thanks to the tanker’s crew.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk
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