South Atlantic Rescue Ian Herbert-Jones PUFFIN 36' Golde Globe Race

Subscribe, Share, Like, Check alerts Bell to "ALL". Day 219: Ian Herbert Jones RESCUED, safe onboard Taiwan flagged F/V Zi Da Wang First vessel on scene was F/V ZI DA WANG at 1830 UTC Transfer of Ian Herbert Jones from S/V Puffin to F/V ZI DA WANG successful in 25k wind and 4mtr sea. Now bound for Cape Town. S/V FA DA CAI and S/V YUH SHENG N°1 released from rescue operation. GGR wishes to thank MRCC Argentina, SAR Puerto Belgrano, MRCC Taiwan for their coordination of Ian’s rescue and the Taiwanese shipowner for routing 3 of their vessels to Puffin’s position. Dateline: Les Sables d'Olonne, Tuesday, 11th of April, 2023 IT was 1740 UTC when Ian Herbert Jones first saw the Taiwanese Fishing Vessel ZI DA WANG arriving from the North. 26 hours before, the Shropshire sailor closing the GGR fleet in the southern Atlantic was unable to make contact by sat phone. He chose to set off his EPIRB to make sure the Search and Rescue chain of his zone -NAVAREA 6- knew where he was, and that he was facing a bad situation.