Platino survivors expected in Auckland on Thursday
by Sail-World.com on 15 Jun 2016
Platino rescue - images supplied from the Southern Lily Supplied .
The container ship, Southern Lily, with three crew members from the 66ft yacht Platino aboard, is expected to arrive in Auckland on Thursday morning.
The master of the Southern Lily, Shashi Prakash, said that seas in the region at the time of the rescue were 3 metres high making for a tricky operation to rendezvous with the dismasted yacht.
The crew were understandably very relieved to be off the yacht which had recently undergone a 16month
Click here for an interview with the Master of the Southern Lily
Meanwhile a series of photos have appeared on the
Stuff website from the Southern Lily, taken at the time of the rescue.
They show the yacht relatively intact with the mast and rigging cut away.
No announcement has been made as to whether the search has been resumed or not for the fifth crew member, lost overboard at the time of incident. The crew member has not yet been named.
Nick Saull head of Brin Wilson Boatbuilders who had undertaken the refit of Platino was killed in the incident, and his body was left aboard the Platino.
No information has been released about any salvage operation for the luxury yacht, which is believed to be still afloat 550km NE of New Zealand, and with an activated locator beacon on board.
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