NBC40.net, May 10 2008-- A broken mast and a submerged hull might give you an idea of what this sailboat and its skipper went through last night. "The boat was doing this you know," says 57–year–old Brian Mann, mimicking the motions of his vessel in 10-foot seas. He says he’s a little embarrassed but very grateful to survive the ordeal he experienced last night.
Sailing
out of Cape May in winds of 40 to 55 mile–per–hour, his 31–foot–long
trimaran flipped around 6 o'clock last night, leaving Mann clinging to
the capsized hull above 58–degree water. Just before dark he
dove under the hull and fetched his survival suit, but his radio,
flares and lifeboat were ruined or unreachable. With heavy seas beating down he waited, alone, through out the night about 8 miles southeast of Corson's Inlet.
"I was sopping wet cause I dove," says Mann. Around 9 a.m. hope arrived in the form of a couple out fishing. Within minutes of tossing him a ring buoy to him, he was inside their boat Pulp Fishing. "We
were just grateful to see that he seemed to be okay, so we threw him a
life preserver, he just held on thank God," says Karen April. Coast
guard rescue personnel attended to Mann, and despite a boat flipping on
him and15 hours of harsh exposure, he was released with no serious
injuries.
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NBC40.net, May 10 2008-- A broken mast and a submerged hull might give you an idea of what this sailboat and its skipper went through last night. "The boat was doing this you know," says 57–year–old Brian Mann, mimicking the motions of his vessel in 10-foot seas. He says he’s a little embarrassed but very grateful to survive the ordeal he experienced last night.
Sailing
out of Cape May in winds of 40 to 55 mile–per–hour, his 31–foot–long
trimaran flipped around 6 o'clock last night, leaving Mann clinging to
the capsized hull above 58–degree water. Just before dark he
dove under the hull and fetched his survival suit, but his radio,
flares and lifeboat were ruined or unreachable. With heavy seas beating down he waited, alone, through out the night about 8 miles southeast of Corson's Inlet.
"I was sopping wet cause I dove," says Mann. Around 9 a.m. hope arrived in the form of a couple out fishing. Within minutes of tossing him a ring buoy to him, he was inside their boat Pulp Fishing. "We
were just grateful to see that he seemed to be okay, so we threw him a
life preserver, he just held on thank God," says Karen April. Coast
guard rescue personnel attended to Mann, and despite a boat flipping on
him and15 hours of harsh exposure, he was released with no serious
injuries. Read More