Sail-World.com : Shipwrecked Canadians call rescue 'incredible'
Shipwrecked Canadians call rescue 'incredible'
|
|
|
'Mitchell, West & Bradley James - Canadian family rescued during voyage to Hawaii. West James, 9, was traveling with his father, Bradley, and uncle, Mitchell, on the 38-foot sailboat Liahona.'
Hawaii News Now
|
One of three Canadians picked up by a giant container ship at sea overnight after a storm damaged and then sunk their Hawaii-bound sailboat is calling their dramatic rescue a 'gauntlet of happiness.'
Brad James, 32, told CBC News on Thursday morning after the rescue that he felt great, despite the dramatic chain of events that left him and his nine-year-old son, West, floating in the dark sea for 2½ hours.
James's brother, Mitchell James, 29, who lives in the Edmonton area, had also been aboard the boat but was rescued before the others.
All three are now safe and in port in Honolulu.
Rescued 450 kilometres northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, they had been travelling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Hilo on a sailboat named Liahona when they ran into trouble. Their mast broke and the boat's engine stopped working after overheating in a storm; they had no other form of propulsion.
Full story and video on CBC News
by CBC News
Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=93756
8:45 PM Thu 9 Feb 2012GMT
Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.
|
|
|
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.
Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.
Please do not contact
Sail-World.com
as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.
Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com.
Contact us
.
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873
or complete our
feedback form
Contact us
.
View our Privacy Policy.
[ Go Home]
[ Banner Advertising Specification]
[Bot Archive ]
Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples
|
CLD
| | |
_USA_05-13[2][4].gif)
