The skipper lost at sea for days between Greece and Italy has been rescued

He had started fromIsland of Crete L’April 11, 2024 aboard one sail boat of 12 meters: its destination was there Sicily. Of the Spanish skipper However, the traces had been lost for a few days, in the sea between Greece and Italy. Luckily the coast guard spotted him off the coast of Calabria, where the weather conditions were not the best. The skipper lost at sea for days was thus rescued.

Solo skipper lost at sea

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The skipper had left on the Blackbita sailing vessel, for a solo trip. For days there had been no news of the Spanish man aboard his boat in the sea between Greece and Italy. Information about this possible dangerous situation came from the Greek rescue center in Piraeus, while a satellite report identified the presence of a boat in difficulty at 200 kilometers from the Calabrian coast.

the coast guard rescue operation

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There Italian Coast Guardcoordinated by the Maritime Directorate of Reggio Calabria, intervened immediately, with a plane that took off from Catania, a patrol boat that left from Roccella Jonica and two merchant ships diverted to try to intercept the vessel. It wasn’t easy to find the Spanish skipper, also given the weather conditions (40 knots of wind and sea 5 worsening). The rescue operation, which began on the afternoon of Friday 19 April, continued until the first light of dawn on Saturday 20.

The sailing boat was identified by the Coast Guard plane: to get noticed, the Spaniard had started sending out light signals, so as to attract the attention of the rescuers. There CP311 of Roccella Jonica he then took the lone navigator to safety, who immediately received first aid on board, before being entrusted to the 118 rescuers already ready to wait for him in the port of Roccella.