After sailing through 12 days of rough weather, which included 30-knot winds and 5-metre-high waves, the boat got into difficulty when it lost steerage and the autopilot failed
A senior sailing instructor from Dubai and his wife and two crew members have been rescued by fishermen off the Yemen coast as they attempted to sail from East Africa to the UAE. All photos: Dacey Calisura
The four sailors were trying to sail from Kenya to the UAE. From left, Euan Jarvis, Jethro Friggens, Caroline Kneitz, one of the Yemeni rescuers and Dacey Calisura.
They were hoping to cover 5,370km in about 25 days, crossing the Indian Ocean and sailing along the Somali coast
After sailing through 12 days of rough weather, which included 30-knot winds and 5-metre-high waves, the boat got into difficulty when it lost steerage and the autopilot failed
A senior sailing instructor from Dubai and his wife and two crew members have been rescued by fishermen off the Yemen coast as they attempted to sail from East Africa to the UAE. All photos: Dacey Calisura
The four sailors were trying to sail from Kenya to the UAE. From left, Euan Jarvis, Jethro Friggens, Caroline Kneitz, one of the Yemeni rescuers and Dacey Calisura.
They were hoping to cover 5,370km in about 25 days, crossing the Indian Ocean and sailing along the Somali coast
After sailing through 12 days of rough weather, which included 30-knot winds and 5-metre-high waves, the boat got into difficulty when it lost steerage and the autopilot failed
