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