On 1 April 2012 16:24, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: >> http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/01/us/pacific-yacht-rescue/index.html > > Not good. Disabled in seas like that, they'll either need a tug, or to > abandon. 400 miles out is a long way for a tug.
They rigged the emergency steering and then jury-rigged the main steering. In the end they still arrived in port earlier than the race organisers expected, and set sail in the next leg fully repaired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGl0ay04q9E (fast-forward to 3min) Jane, (who was, ironically, the crew doctor) is still in hospital with a punctured lung, ruptured spleen and 4 fractured vertebrae, but is expected to make a full, if slow, recovery. -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
