SAILING BE FREE TO THE RESCUE - Giving my friend Holly from WindHippie Sailing a tow

In this episode, I am giving my friend Holly from Windhippie Sailing a tow to safety after having engine problems in pirate-infested waters. Sadly her engine is not very reliable and we had planned a meet-up in Bocas, but she left one day ahead of me due to BE FREE being a much faster yacht. When she got problems she managed to send me a message to assist her, as the only ones listening to VHF in these waters are Pirates. Taking another yacht under tow on the high seas is a challenging task and luckily this is something I have done many times both during my service as captain in Search and Rescue at sea, but sadly increasing numbers as only a private sailor as well. Special thanks to: Holly from https://www.youtube.com/c/WindHippieSailing/featured Rick and Maddy from Sailing Sophisticated Lady https://www.youtube.com/user/cstaguy Panama Sailing and all my friends at Shelter Bay Marina Panama You can also follow sailing with Thomas on other platforms for almost daily updated pics and videos: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sailingwiththomas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingwiththomas About this channel: I'm Sailing around the world in a Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever I have time for it. Most of the time I sail singlehanded but occasionally I do have sailing friends onboard. Please be kind in the comments!.