![]() Meanwhile, coordinators radioed the QM2 for assistance, which diverted its course and headed to the scene, arriving at about 1pm on Saturday. HM Coastguard and counterparts in Halifax, Canada, launched a long-range rescue mission involving an RAF C-130 Hercules after detecting a distress beacon at about 4am on Friday. It was his 19th Atlantic crossing and he had planned to sail back single-handed, with the 6,500-nautical-mile voyage ending in July or August. ![]() ![]() Despite Wheatley’s yacht, called Tamarind, being battered in 15-metre waves by winds reaching 60 knots (69mph), Wheatley was described as being “uninjured and in good spirits”.Ī profile on the Royal Western Yacht Club website said the experienced sailor left Plymouth for Newport, Rhode Island, on the “slow and comfortable American cruising boat” on 29 May.
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