| At Sea. British flagged megayacht Shenandoah saves lives of fishermen adrift for two weeks |
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; "Fishemen on board Shenandoah")
| Thursday, 09 March 2006 | |
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Marian Martin The classic British registered sailing megayacht Shenandoa saved the lives of two fisherman, yesterday, whilst cruising in the Bay of Bengal. The crew of the three masted, 41 metre schooner spotted a 6 metre outboard engined boat, in distress at 0145 UTC, March 8 and lowered its RIB, to find two men on board. The elder of the two was in a distressed condition, due to dehydration, the younger was quite composed, but clearly relieved at the arrival of the sailing ship. The two men, father and son, were taken onboard the Shenandoah, where they quickly recovered and, although unable to speak any English, they have been able to convey their story to the yacht’s owner. They were fishing from their small boat, two weeks ago, near the Sumatran island of Rondo, when it ran out of fuel and had been drifting ever since. The Shenandoah has diverted towards Galla harbour, in Sri Lanka, with the fishing boat in tow. The Shenandoah was designed, in 1902, by Theodore Ernest Ferris and built in New York. In 1994, she arrived in New Zealand in an advanced state of decay and with her steel hull covered in fibreglass. After a 22 month restoration, by McMullen & Wing, she was relaunched in July 1996 and was awarded the ShowBoats International 'Best Classic Yacht Restoration' Award, in 1997. More pictures of the Shenandoah and the rescue can be seen in the new Shenandoah album in the BYM Photo Gallery. |
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