British Couple Saved After 40 Days Stranded At Sea

[WillowTree]

A British couple have been saved from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by an Italian tanker after spending 40 days lost at sea.

Andrea Davison being rescued from her yacht



Stuart Armstrong, 51, and his partner Andrea Davison, 48, are heading back to Britainon board the supertanker Indian Point.

Although unhurt, they were tired, exhausted and grateful to be returning home after their six-week ordeal in which they "stared death in the face".

The drama began on January 9, six days after the couple left the Cape Verde Islands off the West Coast of Africa on board their £60,000 yacht Sara.

They were headed for Antigua where they intended to anchor until April.

But midway through the 2,550-mile journey disaster struck and the rudder on the 13-metre yacht jammed to starboard. Attempts to fix it were useless.

At this stage the couple, who live on the yacht in Majorca, were in the middle of the Atlantic, 1,200 miles from Antigua – five days sailing time away and out of range for any rescue attempt

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Yacht Rescue: British Couple Stuart Armstrong And Andrea Davison Rescued After 40 Days Adrift | UK News | Sky News




wonder if they found their god out there?

 

[manu1959]

wonder if they found their god out there?

well if they prayed to be rescued then that is proof prayers are answered and there is a god...........

 

[auditor0007]

Hope they have good insurance, or they're going to be homeless.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Ohh Look Manu misused the quote function. Well at least according to those that insist it works just fine.