2009-01-21: Rescue at Sea with Hatecke Boat

(The Caribbean)The German Research Vessel “Maria S. Merian" “rescued an Italian couple from distress at sea on January 19, 2009. The vessel received a message from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Fort de France on the Caribbean Island of Martinique.

The Italians were picked up with a Hatecke fast rescue boat. They had been forced to abandon their dismasted sailing yacht.