Inside a dramatic ship rescue in the North Atlantic: The Big Story

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The Makena was in trouble. Adrift and at the mercy of storms, the ship sent out a distress call. Who could pluck a crew from a reeling ship in the middle of horrible weather? TaylorVaisey tells thebigstoryfpn the story of what happened.

The Makena is a 49 foot yacht. It’s called a Hanse 495 it was, on the inside of beautiful boat. I don’t know a whole lot about boats, but I saw some photos of the, the cabin, uh, and it was decked out. You could wash dishes on that thing. You could sleep very comfortably and you could say all the high seas.Yeah. I mean, it’s the kind of boat you buy when you have some money to buy a boat.Well, uh, the owner of the boat, uh, it was named John Hagen. He’s a surgeon who lives here in Toronto.

Uh, it was their only option because they would not have been able to get out to the Makena for as long as they needed to be there, which was uncertain because they had no idea how long the actual rescue would take and then get back with fuel. They just, there was no way they could do that without refuelling. So luckily they could find this.

 

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