After skipper overboard wife almost lost too because she couldn't sail

4:19 AM Fri 5 Nov 2010 GMT

'Sam James front, Kym Benham left and Stephen Peoples rescued a woman who had just watched her husband go overboard in rough seas Photo BRAD FLEET' .

Would your second crew member in a two handed crew be able to control the boat if the skipper went overboard? The tragic loss of a cruising sailor in the Northern Territory was this week only made worse when his wife almost lost her life as well because she couldn't control the boat they were sailing. Luckily for her, three local fishermen came to her rescue... The three fishermen told NT News yesterday how they saved the life of the distressed woman whose yacht was minutes away from running aground in stormy weather. One of the men jumped into 2m-high ...

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by Nadja Hainke, ntnews.com.au/Sail-World