World Cruising Club, which runs the annual ARC Atlantic Rally for Cruisers has announced there is a search underway for an active man overboard from the Volvo 70 yacht, Ocean Breeze.
Press Release from the World Cruising Club:
An Active man overboard search is underway.
At 02:27 UTC this morning, Monday 2 December, a crew member went overboard from the yacht Ocean Breeze in the mid-Atlantic and a search was initiated by the vessel. The rescue operation is being coordinated by MRCC Norfolk USA.
The casualty’s next of kin has been informed.
MRCC (Marine Rescue Coordination Centre) Norfolk issued an emergency alert to all shipping for assistance, and ARC yacht Leaps & Bounds 2 and motor vessel Project X are now involved in the search. Air cover is not possible due to the distance of the incident from land.
World Cruising Club understands that the casualty was wearing an automatically inflatable lifejacket with a personal AIS beacon attached. We do not know the circumstances of the incident and we will not speculate.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the casualty, their family and friends and with all the crew members on Ocean Breeze at this unbelievably difficult time.
Ocean Breeze is an Austrian-flagged Volvo 70 yacht that is sailing in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), the annual event from Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia.
RCC Norfolk has advised the area of search 12 hours ago was at 20 23.1 North and 42 57.3 West. The drift was to the west. World Cruising Club Yachts and a MV are assisting in the search.
