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Rescued yacht crew arrive on Island

Three sailors who endured a nightmare ordeal on the open seas after their yacht sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean have arrived safely in Bermuda. British couple Leonard and Lisa Rorke, along with crew member Henri Worthalter, from Belgium, were tossed by 25ft waves in a fragile life raft after abandoning ship 900 miles northeast of the Island on Thursday evening. The trio, along with their pet Jack Russell terrier, were forced into the life raft after their 49ft yacht Blue Pearl began taking on water during a three-week voyage to Europe from the Caribbean. The British-registered tanker Tilda Kosan was among three vessels that answered a distress call, and picked up the stricken sailors in the early hours of Friday — six hours after the sailors had swapped their yacht for the life raft. In appalling conditions, the 351ft tanker had to make three passes in the dark before it could manoeuvre alongside the life raft. The Mexico-bound tanker detoured to Bermuda, dropping off the three sailors and their dog at around 5.30pm on April 28.

AMVER ship saved distressed yachties

The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of three people and a dog on Apr 245, 2014, who were rescued by the "Tilda Kosan" after a 49-foot sailboat, the "Blue Pearl", sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Rescued was 29-year-old Henri Worthalter of Belgium, 55-year-old Leonard Rorke of the United Kingdom and 50-year-old Lisa Rorke of the United Kingdom. International Rescue Center personnel contacted Coast Guard 5th District Command Center watchstanders at approximately 6:30 p.m. reporting they received a message from a satellite messenger device stating people were in a life raft and in need of assistance approximately 900 miles northeast of Bermuda. District command center watchstanders conducted a search for the closest AMVER ships to the distress and conducted an enhanced group call, a broadcast service using the inmarsat communication system, asking for rescue assistance from ships in the area. The crew aboard the "Cape Mathilde" responded to the Coast Guard's request for assistance and diverted course from approximately 80 miles from the reported location of distress. The crew aboard the "Ouro Do Brasil" responded to the Coast Guard's EGC and diverted course with an estimated time of arrival to the distress of nine hours. The crew aboard the "Tilda Kosan" responded to the Coast Guard's EGC at approximately 10:30 p.m., reporting they were in the vicinity of the distress and willing to assist. Coast Guard watchstanders relayed the updated position of the life raft and the "Tilda Kosan" diverted course and located the life raft at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Apr 25, transferred the people from the life raft onto the ship, and the survivors plan to remain aboard the ship, which is scheduled to pull into Bermuda. Report with photo: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2153734/PHOTO-UPDATE-Coast-Guard-coordinates-rescue-of-3-people-dog-900-miles-northeast-of-Bermuda#sthash.XMsWMOPY.dpuf