Royal Malta Yacht Club Commodore to the rescue

8:00 PM Mon 11 Oct 2010 GMT

'Royal Malta Yacht Club Commodore George Bonello du Puis - involved in rescue' .

So often it's the yacht that needs rescuing, so it's nice to see the tables turned. A boy who spent three hours in the sea at night before he was rescued by a patrol boat off the coast of Malta said he was helped by a yacht, but in his desperate state might have been 'imagining' it. No, he wasn't. Eight days ago, the 17-year-old jumped into the dark waters of Malta's St George's Bay to escape an unprovoked gang attack in the wee hours. Following the incident, his father said his traumatised son even imagined that a yacht had ...

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by Times of Malta/Sail-World Cruising