One More Toy makes a rescue
Tuesday - January 4, 2011•Views: 4614••
While we were moored in Soufriere, St Lucia we took a few photos of the M/V One More Toy - then saw the following post on the IP List
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January 4, 2011
The crew of M/Y One More Toy completed a rescue on Christmas Day that may not have saved a life, but saved a couple’s home. Here’s the story, according to Capt. Mark Diekmann:
On the evening of Dec. 25, M/Y One More Toy was under way toward Admiralty Bay in Bequia for a secure anchorage in a steady force 6-plus breeze when an unlit target on my radar making 3 knots west about 1.5nm west of Admiralty Bay really grabbed my attention.
Upon closer inspection, we could not see any people on deck, no navigation lights were on and no sails were up. I continued on to the anchorage and had two crew members investigate the vessel using one of our tenders that they were already manning.
My deck crew reported no answer after knocking on the hull and an anchor line dangling from the bow of this 45-foot sailing catamaran. I ordered my crew to take the German-flagged vessel into tow and reported it to the St. Vincent & Grenadines Coast Guard.
About an hour and fifteen minutes after the initial radar contact, we had the vessel secured in our possession, turned it over to a very relieved young German couple and notified the local Coast Guard that the vessel is secured in the owner’s position once again.
All of this was done while our charter clients were being served a formal meal and never knew of the events that unfolded on this Christmas evening.
A post script to this brief story: the couple did try to offer us a “gift,” which we kindly declined, but it was us that got to give them the real gift of their home back.
Moral of this story … stay vigilant on watch.
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January 4, 2011
The crew of M/Y One More Toy completed a rescue on Christmas Day that may not have saved a life, but saved a couple’s home. Here’s the story, according to Capt. Mark Diekmann:
On the evening of Dec. 25, M/Y One More Toy was under way toward Admiralty Bay in Bequia for a secure anchorage in a steady force 6-plus breeze when an unlit target on my radar making 3 knots west about 1.5nm west of Admiralty Bay really grabbed my attention.
Upon closer inspection, we could not see any people on deck, no navigation lights were on and no sails were up. I continued on to the anchorage and had two crew members investigate the vessel using one of our tenders that they were already manning.
My deck crew reported no answer after knocking on the hull and an anchor line dangling from the bow of this 45-foot sailing catamaran. I ordered my crew to take the German-flagged vessel into tow and reported it to the St. Vincent & Grenadines Coast Guard.
About an hour and fifteen minutes after the initial radar contact, we had the vessel secured in our possession, turned it over to a very relieved young German couple and notified the local Coast Guard that the vessel is secured in the owner’s position once again.
All of this was done while our charter clients were being served a formal meal and never knew of the events that unfolded on this Christmas evening.
A post script to this brief story: the couple did try to offer us a “gift,” which we kindly declined, but it was us that got to give them the real gift of their home back.
Moral of this story … stay vigilant on watch.
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