While participating in the Newport to Bermuda race, the sailing vessel, Alliance, struck, an object approximately 300 miles south of Newport, Rhode Island damaging her rudder mechanism and making it impossible for her emergency pumps to keep up from the massive amount of water surging into the boat. The crew, sent out an urgent Mayday message to other vessels in the area. Several vessels responded, including the SV Windborn and the SV Banter. SV Ceilidh was the closest and was able to help the 9 crew onto their vessel and continue on to Bermuda. Remarkably, while the SV Alliance sank, none of her crew were injured.
24 июн 2024