Same site - weather.com: Three Rescued After Tugboat Sinks in Hurricane Lorenzo; NOAA Hurricane Planes Aid in Search
- The Bourbon Rhode sank Thursday with 14 crew on board.
- An emergency beacon indicated the boat was in the center of Hurricane Lorenzo.
- The three survivors are reported to be in good health.
Sounds like they were in or near the eye wall.
Bricquer said the survivors were found by a French search plane at about 9 a.m. UTC on Saturday. They reported that the boat had sunk Thursday, around midday UTC.
An emergency beacon indicated the Bourbon Rhode was in the center of the hurricane.
“They were a little bit north of the eye,” Bricquer said.