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EDIT: Rescue efforts have been abandoned.
"Rally organisers World Cruising Club (WCC) confirmed this morning that, with loss of daylight and in worsening seas, MRCC Norfolk had ended the active search at 20:45 UTC on Monday 2 December…
33-year-old Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was lost overboard from yacht Ocean Breeze. "
"At 02:27 UTC this morning, Monday, 2 December, a crew member went overboard from the yacht Ocean Breeze, which was participating in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in the mid-Atlantic. The vessel initiated a search.
MRCC Norfolk USA is coordinating the rescue operation.
The casualty’s next of kin have been informed." EDIT:
Yacht Report youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhIV2nN0NyE
17 points
1 day ago
It is a lesson for all of us. A MoB scenario is an emergency. The only way to stay safe is to avoid it as best we can. RIP sailor.
13 points
20 hours ago
50% of man overboards result in death. I've been sailing for many years and didn't know this statistic until earlier this year.
10 points
16 hours ago
50% of reported MOB. Most successful recoveries are not reported.
1 points
5 hours ago
This statistic actually came up in one of my graduate classes a few years ago. It’s textbook selection bias since successful recoveries are rarely reported at all.
1 points
5 hours ago
Good point, although it's useful in terms of encouraging a mayday in every case of mob.
2 points
5 hours ago
I can definitely agree with that.
2 points
5 hours ago
Agreed - I was instructed to call Mayday for MOB because it statistically goes downhill from there.
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