Vanuatu to Queensland: How concrete/cement saved a yacht from sinking
Published 10 years ago, updated 6 years ago
Back in June, three boats were involved in a mayday situation as they travelled together from Port Villa, Vanuatu to Cairns, far north Queensland, which is a run of approx. 1,300nms.
Thirteen hundred long lonely nautical miles with only each other for company and, as it turned out, only each other (and one container ship) for survival.
Read this incredible story at http://www.pendanablog.com/Pendana-Nordhavn-62-blog/2014/06/30/Rescue-on-The-High-Seas [BROKEN LINK]
Further first-hand accounts of the incident can be found at the following three blogs:
http://sy-oda.blogspot.com/2014/06/drama-in-coral-sea-226-236-2014.html
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