Musandam-Oman Sail – A man overboard off the coast of Croatia
by Rob Kothe & the Sail-World Team on 7 Oct 2015
MOD70 Musandam - Oman Sail Sander van der Borch
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Musandam-Oman Sail, MOD70, skipper Sidney Gavignet (FRA), reported a Man Overboard (MOB) at 05:05 Central European Time on Wednesday 7 October off the Kvarner coast of Croatia (position: 44° 32' 98N - 014° 02' 50E).
The Italian and Croatian coastguards are assisting with the search and rescue operation for missing crewmember Mohammed Al Alawi (26). Wind speed at the time of the MOB was 15-17 knots and its believed the trimaran would have been travelling at about the same speed.
The Italian and Croatian coastguards are assisting with the search and rescue operation for Mohammed al Alawi, a 26-year old crewember of the MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail.
The MOD70 was in the Adriatic Sea on its way to the Barcolana Regatta in Trieste, Italy where it had been entered to race this weekend, before competing in the 2015 Rolex Middle Sea Race which begins in Malta later this month.
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