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In my case there are not that many guys close to me (or no interesting ones at least) and did not get any hook ups from it. Just an occasional message/chat from a few guys who wanted sex while they were halfway around the world. What I got from it did not justify the $80 membership fee. I just use it to look up cruising areas/bars/resorts etc. for holiday destinations and reviews from guys who have been or are there. And I still can see new users close to me. “It’s unusual, it’s extreme, but it does happen in the North Atlantic,” he said.ĭaniel Bailey, the maritime operations officer for HM Coastguard, said: “We are extremely grateful for the support and professionalism that the RMS Queen Mary 2 provided during this rescue.Ok, there is a limit to what you can do/see but so be it.
John Lewis, race director, told BBC News that in 25 years he had not seen such bad conditions. All seafarers owe them a debt of gratitude.”
On its website, the RWYC, which organises the races, said: “The RWYC would like to thank all personnel at the Halifax coastguard for their immediate and magnificent response to this emergency situation. Despite all of the boats suffering damage, there were no reports of injuries. The yacht was one of five craft competing in the Ostar and the two-handed transatlantic race to be affected by the storm, three of which are understood to have been piloted by British skippers. Among his achievements is skippering one of the eight boats to take part in the inaugural Clipper Round the World Race in 1996, which he competed in again in 2005-06.Īccording to a fundraising page, it was the fifth time Wheatley had competed in the original single-handed transatlantic race – known as Ostar – with Tamarind. Wheatley, from Newton Ferrers in Devon, served 33 years as an officer in the Royal Marines, according to the RWYC. He said: “We were pleased to be able to help and delighted that the yachtsman is safe and well and now on board.” The master of the QM2, Captain Chris Wells, who led the rescue mission, said it was standard seafaring practice to go to the aid of a vessel in distress. Meanwhile, coordinators radioed the QM2 for assistance, which diverted its course and headed to the scene, arriving at about 1pm on Saturday. HM Coastguard and counterparts in Halifax, Canada, launched a long-range rescue mission involving an RAF C-130 Hercules after detecting a distress beacon at about 4am on Friday. It was his 19th Atlantic crossing and he had planned to sail back single-handed, with the 6,500-nautical-mile voyage ending in July or August. Despite Wheatley’s yacht, called Tamarind, being battered in 15-metre waves by winds reaching 60 knots (69mph), Wheatley was described as being “uninjured and in good spirits”.Ī profile on the Royal Western Yacht Club website said the experienced sailor left Plymouth for Newport, Rhode Island, on the “slow and comfortable American cruising boat” on 29 May.