Sailor rescued
Created: Dec 22, 2007 10:00 AM
A Maine-based US Coast Guard cutter rescued a yachtsman adrift in 16-foot seas yesterday.The vessel, en route from Halifax to Bermuda, was drifting 300 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Canadian Press said.The 27-foot <I>Grail Pilgrin</I> was motoring from Halifax to Bermuda when it experienced engine failure early Thursday. The <I>Tahoma</I>, based in Kittery, retrieve the lone occupant, identified as Jean Raymond Collon this morning and said he was tired and hungry but in good spirits.
A Maine-based US Coast Guard cutter rescued a yachtsman adrift in 16-foot seas yesterday.
The vessel, en route from Halifax to Bermuda, was drifting 300 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Canadian Press said.
The 27-foot Grail Pilgrin was motoring from Halifax to Bermuda when it experienced engine failure early Thursday. The Tahoma, based in Kittery, retrieve the lone occupant, identified as Jean Raymond Collon this morning and said he was tired and hungry but in good spirits.
The yacht was abandoned.
