The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #147806 Message #3427828
Posted By: Charley Noble
29-Oct-12 - 01:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tall Ship Bounty Abandoned in Storm!
Subject: RE: BS: Tall Ship Bounty Abandoned in Storm!
Sad Update:
"Three crew members were washed overboard as they tried to get to two covered life-rafts, said the U.S. Coast Guard. Only one of the three members made it to the life-raft and was among the 14 people hoisted onto helicopters.
Coast Guard officials said the two missing crew members — a man and a woman — are believed to be in cold water survival suits and life-jackets. He said the air search is being plotted based on wind direction and speed, and will be expanded.
Claudia McCann, whose husband Robin Walbridge is the captain of the Bounty, told CBC News her husband is one of the two missing crew members. CBC News has learned the other missing crew member is Claudene Christian."
Charley Noble