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Norgas Invention to the rescue of Finnish yacht

On May 10, 2012, at 06.30 a.m. the Falmouth Coastguard received a call from the MRCC Turku, Finland that they had received a satellite telephone call from a sailor aboard a Finnish registered yacht reporting that he and a friend were in a distress situation aboard their 35 foot yacht. The yacht and the two sailors departed the Azores on the 7th May. Their position was 840 nautical miles from the Isles of Scilly. Falmouth Coastguard started coordinating the incident to rescue the two men. A broadcast was made by Falmouth using EGC via satellite to all ships that may be near to the distressed yacht. They received several responses from commercial ships who offered assistance. The two tankers "Stolt Invention" and "Norgas Invention" - the latter enroute Port Arthur - Stenungsund - that were nearest have been requested to divert to the last known position of the yacht to help the sailors. ARCC Kinloss made arrangements for a VC10 aircraft from RAF Brize Norton to go to the position to provide surveillance and radio communications link for Falmouth Coastguard. The sailors activated their EPIRB which enabled the Coastguard to receive an accurate position of the distressed yacht. The "Norgas Invention" was expected to reach the vessel within the next couple of hours.