ATLANTIC ODYSSEY CHALLENGE ROWERS IN CAPSIZE DRAMA
Falmouth Coastguard are currently assisting with coordinating the rescue of one Irish and five UK nationals on board the ocean rowing boat ‘Sara G’ which capsized earlier today during their ‘Atlantic Odyssey’ challenge. The alarm was raised when their EPIRB (Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon) was activated at 11.00 this morning to signal a distress call. Falmouth Coastguard received the details of the beacon (including the vessel name, passage and shore contact) and informed the contact of the incident, who told Falmouth Coastguard that she had spoken to a member of the crew earlier this morning and that all had been well. With the last known position of the boat 520 nautical miles east of Barbados, Falmouth Coastguard contacted several coordinating authorities who may have been able to contact vessels in the area, eventually speaking to their counterparts in Fort-De-France, Martinique, who were able to contact two merchant vessels who agreed to proceed to investigate. T