British circumnavigator Susie Goodall has been rescued from the coast of Chilean Cape Hoorn two days after her yacht capsized in the Pacific. The communicated the Chilean Coast Guard on Friday on Twitter. „On the ship !!!“, was also on the Twitter account of the 29-year-olds read.
According to a report by the British broadcaster BBC Goodall was taken in stormy weather conditions and high waves from a cargo ship. The crew of the „Tian Fu“ had lifted her with a crane on board. The ship had therefore been diverted on its way from China to Argentina for the rescue of the young woman.
Goodall had participated in the Golden Globe as a solosegler when their boat capsized Wednesday and lost its mast 2000 miles west of Cape Horn. Since then, the yacht drifted on the waves. Until her accident, she was in fourth place of the boat race.
„That’s fantastic news indeed,“ said the organizers of the boat race after the rescue on their website and thanked the captain and crew of the freighter.
At the end of September, solo circumnavigator Abhilash Tomy was rescued in the Indian Ocean. The 39-year-old Indian was taken halfway between Africa and Australia by a French ship on board. Previously, other participants of the race were in distress. The Dutchman Mark Slatts even went overboard after press reports but was able to save himself thanks to a leash.
The sailors who come through are expected to return to France at the end of February or the beginning of March – after a total of about 30,000 nautical miles (about 55,000 kilometers).
