It will be Christmas in Bermuda rather than Antigua for the crew of the after it snapped a mast in the mid-Atlantic.

The 60-foot yacht limped into St. George?s on Saturday morning after damaging the ?lower shroud? of the mast while 99 miles north of the Island. The three-man, two-women crew had left Baltimore on December 6 hopeful of an arrival in Antigua tomorrow, but instead found themselves in Bermuda after using what little fuel they had left in their engine to get here. ?The worst part was the mast breaking and there was nothing we can do at first,? Maury Primrose, the youngest of the crew members, told an hour after finally finding land.

?There were 50 knot gusts and we couldn?t cut the mast off so had to leave it banging around. We thought it might have pierced through at one point. It was pretty scary.?

The crew set off an EPIRB (emergency positioning indicator radio beacon) and initially called for a helicopter to help them, said a Harbour Radio spokesman.

But instead they tried to come in on their engine but needed a 3.20 a.m. delivery of extra fuel on Saturday from the to help them complete the final part of the journey.

For now, the crew, who were delivering the boat to her owner in the Caribbean, are unsure how long they will be in Bermuda.