Two crew rescued from life raft after Swan 48 hits mystery object

11:21 PM Sun 30 May 2010 GMT

'Klaus and Martha - took to the life raft as the Victoria sank' .

Two crew have been found floating in the Caribbean in their six-man life raft. They were found more than 24 hours after they broadcast a distress signal that their yacht, the 48ft Swan Victoria, a Club Swan yacht member, had sunk after hitting a submerged object. Her crew, Skipper Klaus and Chef Martha, who took holidaying sailors for charters around the Caribbean, were experienced professional sailors. The U.S.Coast Guard rescued the pair, who had been sailing the yacht from St Thomas in the U.S. Virgins to Panama. At the time they were positioned around 100 miles southwest of Puerto Rico ...

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by Nancy Knudsen