Robinson Crusoe Andreas rescued
Sep 3, 2004 05: 27 EST
Yesterday Coast Guard Officer Wendall Sprerry of RCC Halifax recieved a signal from the EPIRB of Andreas Romell and CLS Argos reported that the Argos beacon on board the oceanrowboat of Andreas has been activated.
By prior arrangement with ORS when EPIRB and Argos are in emergency mode on oceanrowboat this is for sure a request for help.
11.00 am a plane spotted Andreas and a ship 60 miles away was diverted and progressed with ALL HASTE to the scene. Next, Andreas was safe onboard Federal Elba, a Bulk carrier under Cyprus flag, headed to Europe.
Last call we heard from Andreas was pretty desperate: "I feel like I’m turning into Robinson Crusoe in the middle of the ocean," he said.
The boat was capsizing and didn't right itself as fast anymore. Andreas survival suit and beacon were ready. The boat was lower down on the water, extremely heavy. The center of the boat was full of water, as well as all the compartments on deck. Andreas took two hours to empty the water out, but the electrical wiring was also submerged under water and Andreas suspected a hole in the boat. "After searching for the problem, I realized that the outside compartments are connected to the inside ones. This doesn’t make them watertight anymore…"
Andreas Rommel planned to become the first German in history to row Atlantic W-E from Cape Cod (USA) to UK. Andreas was last out of the North Atlantic rowers. Image courtesy Allan Tannenbaum and cover of book The Real Robinson Crusoe by Kenneth McVety. Get it on Amazon.com.
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