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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 08/01/2011 :  22:42:25  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
A friend of mine posted this story on Facebook a while ago. I'd never heard of the program. The story he posted was about the rescue on the home page, but link just goes to the home page.
http://www.amver.com/default.asp

MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011

Amver ship saves two sailors in dramatic Atlantic rescue
Two people were rescued from the sailboat Triumph on Wednesday July 27, 2011 approximatley 780 miles northeast of Cape Cod, Mass. after their boat began taking on water.

The sailors sent a distress call to U.S. Coast Guard rescue personnel in Boston stating their sails were torn, their engine was disabled, and they were taking on water. Coast Guard rescue authorities immediately queried the Amver system and requested the tanker Kim Jacob divert to rescue the duo.

The rescue was complicated by the size of the Liberian flagged tanker and the worsening weather conditions  as winds over 30 knots and waves over 8 feet hampered the the operation. One of the Triumph sailors fell into the ocean while attempting to climb aboard the Kim Jacob but the crew kept a sharp lookout and recovered the survivor three hours after he fell into the water.

Once onboard the Kim Jacob the survivors received medical attention, food, and talked to Coast Guard personnel. The survivors were equipped with an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and life jackets. Their preparation, coupled with the skill and seamanship of the Kim Jacob crew, resulted in their rescue.

The survivors stayed aboard the Kim Jacob until it reaches its next port in Port Tupper, Nova Scotia. Their boat was marked as a hazard to navigation and left adrift.

The Kim Jacob is managed by Ernst Jacob GmbH and Company of Hamburg, Germany and enrolled in the Amver system on May 11, 1998. The Kim Jacob has earned 13 awards for for Amver participation.

Want to hear what a rescue like this sounds like? Take a listen-



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Audio credit: USCG audio used with permission of the survivors
Posted by Amver Maritime Relations at 3:00 AM
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Edited by - delliottg on 08/01/2011 22:45:16

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Response Posted - 08/02/2011 :  07:27:05  Show Profile
Yup. Good story from several perspectives--the sailors' preparation, the heroism of the ship's crew, and the perils of the sea.
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 08/02/2011 07:29:36
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Response Posted - 08/02/2011 :  13:06:22  Show Profile
I remember the Amver system from my years as a radioman in the Coast Guard (many moons ago). We used to get position reports from the ships at sea who participated in the program. Many, many did. If distress happened at sea we were able to contact ships in the vicinity and divert them to rescue. Glad to see it is still in use and working.

Bruce
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