Thank you for the assistance Privsea and Crew, and USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19)
WILMINGTON, N.C. The Coast Guard medevaced three Canadian sailors Friday from a sailing vessel approximately 200 miles southeast of Cape Fear.
Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified by the Rescue Coordination Center at approximately 2:50 p.m. Thursday of three men who needed to be medevaced from the 40-foot sailing vessel Juste Ciel after the vessel became beset by weather. The French Canadian crew members fell ill and were reportedly suffering from dehydration and physical exhaustion.
The 623-foot bulk carrier Privsea, [FONT="]IMO: [B]9389930 [/B]an Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER), took the sailing vessel in tow and headed northwest to shorten the distance for the medevac.
Source and video USCG
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2894702/
Privsea - Ship photos: Source marinetraffic.com and multiple photographers.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:302130/shipname:PRIVSEA/#forward
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