Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was misplaced overboard from Volvo 70 racing yacht Ocean Breeze on Monday whereas crusing with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC). Crew deserted a second yacht, a catamaran, which was taking up water.
The seek for Eresund was referred to as off on the finish of daylight on Monday amid worsening seas and gusts as much as 30 knots. ARC yachts have been requested to divert to assist search the world which is roughly 130 miles east of Bermuda.
‘It’s with nice disappointment that the World Cruising Membership (WCC) confirms that 33-year-old Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was misplaced overboard from yacht Ocean Breeze on Monday 2 December at 0227 UTC,’ mentioned the WCC, which organises the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers.
An 18-hour search was coordinated by MRCC (Marine Rescue Coordination Centre) Norfolk USA and concerned the yacht Ocean Breeze, ARC yacht Leaps & Bounds 2 and motor vessel Challenge X. Air cowl was not attainable because of the distance of the incident from land.
The MRCC has requested that each one ready vessels ought to amend course to go via the search space of 20o24.838N 043o11.623W and to maintain a pointy lookout for any indicators of an individual within the water. All ARC yachts have been requested to help with MRCC’s request.
This space might be amended over time to take account of drift charges and climate circumstances and MRCC Norfolk will proceed to offer up to date coordinates.
Getting ready Volvo 70 Ocean Breeze AUT in Las Palmas marina
The World Cruising Membership understands that the casualty was carrying an mechanically inflatable lifejacket with a private AIS beacon hooked up. ‘We have no idea the circumstances of the incident and we is not going to speculate,’ the WCC mentioned.
‘Our ideas and prayers are with Dag Eresund’s household and pals and with all of the crew members on Ocean Breeze at this unbelievably tough time,’ the WCC mentioned.
Ocean Breeze is an Austrian-flagged Volvo 70 yacht that’s crusing within the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the annual occasion from Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia.
Ocean Breeze is one among 11 yachts crusing within the IRC racing division of the rally. Yachts on this division should adjust to the World Crusing Offshore Particular Rules for Class 1 and the World Cruising Membership security gear necessities.
The ARCs heaviest boat, the 1985 Jongert 20DS Cinderella di Sanremo GBR with all plain sail set for the beginning of ARC 2024
Individually, a Swedish Leopard 45 catamaran Karolina Viking issued a MAYDAY at 0300 UTC on Monday 2 December, reporting a leak within the starboard engine with water coming from the bottom of the rudder and seeping into different areas of the starboard hull.
In coordination with MRCC Cape Verde, the skipper determined to move to the Cape Verde islands below the port motor, roughly 300 miles upwind, the place it met ARCyacht, Cinderella di Ranremo round noon.
With {the electrical} system now affected by the water, the skipper and crew made the choice to desert ship. The 5 crew of Karolina Viking joined the 5 crew of the 22.5m Jongert Cinderella di Sanremo. ‘We thank Gerald Smith and his Cinderella di Sanremo crew for his or her actions,’ the WCC mentioned.
In complete, 820 folks onboard 140 yachts are crusing in ARC 2024. The occasion departed from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Sunday 24 November, heading 2,700 miles throughout the Atlantic to Saint Lucia. 2024 is the thirty ninth version of this crusing occasion.
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