Sailor Rescued From Storm-Damaged Trimaran After 12 Hours Adrift

9th October 2014

#Offshore - A British yachtsman faced a "terrifying" ordeal after his trimaran was damaged in stormy weather, stranding him at sea some 40 miles off the Isle of Wight.

Mail Online reports on Mick Royton's struggle to keep himself afloat on the upturned hull of his vessel after it de-masted in high winds and damaged two of its three hulls striking a log.

He was able to put in a mayday call but rescuers were held back by worsening conditions at sea.

It was only by chance that a Royal Navy frigate, HMS St Albans, discovered Royton clinging to the remains of his yacht Kinetic in the early hours of yesterday morning (7 October) some 12 hours later.

Andy Sergeant, coxswain for Weymouth lifeboat coxswain Andy Sergeant, whose crew assisted in his rescue said of Royton: "He was very lucky to have been found."

Mail Online has much more on the story HERE.

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