[Psml] FW: [AGLCA:10355] Rescue of Sick Crew menber in Carribean by Coral Princess

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

The following was posted to the AGLCA (America's Great Loop Cruising
Association) mail list by a member.  The home video shot by a passenger
on the Coral Princess is quite interesting.
 
** D C "Mac" Macdonald ** * m/v Another Adventure * ** '95 Carver 355 ACMY ** * Grand Lake - Oklahoma * ** AGLCA (#217) & USPS ** * US Air Force, Retired * ** Amateur Radio K2GKK **   * In my many years, I have come to the conclusion that one useless * * man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is Congress. *  * -- John Adams (1735- 1826) *  > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:50:38 -0500> From: hangreg at gmail.com> To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com; AGLCA at googlegroups.com> Subject: [AGLCA:10355] Rescue of Sick Crew menber in Carribean by Coral Princess> > > The link below shows video shot by cruise ship passenger of the rescue> at sea by the Coral Princess of a friend of mine from Key Biscayne YC> who is the captain of Illusion. They had traveled to Cartegena> Columbia for a several month stay and he was on the return trip. The> crew member became seasick and vomited constantly for a few days.> Eventually he vomited blood and became critical.> > The captain contacted a friend for help via email and eventually the> cruise ship was diverted to help rescue the crew member. You can see> from the film clip that the seas were 8-10 feet and meeting the boat> to offload the passenger was very difficult. What is not shown is that> the lifeboat damaged the bowsprit on the sailboat making it impossible> for them to raise any sails.> > Doctors on the cruise ship said that the crew member was very close to> death and had lost an enormous amount of blood. Later it was> determined that he had ruptured veins in his esophagus which caused> the bleeding. He did recover completely in short order in a hospital> in Panama after transfusion. The cruise line charged the crew member> $5k for the pickup.> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zagWlEZn8> > Greg and Susan Han> Allegria -- Krogen Whaleback #16> Henny Youngman - "If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."
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