Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

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Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

Levens gered

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Boating

Boating

Ocean

Ocean

Mechanical failure

Mechanical failure

Thunder storm

Thunder storm

Boating

Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

26.1224386°N, -80.1373174°W

Geplaatst op May 2, 2018 door Gary

Wat is er gebeurd?

We had departed from Ft. Lauderdale to Freeport on Friday and had an uneventful and very pleasant trip over. It was during our return that things got bad. We had an engine alarm go off on the port engine and out of precaution I shut down one engine.

We were approximately 40 miles out from Ft Lauderdale when we lost all of our electronics and power but still limping on one engine and it was getting late in the afternoon and still far out. We had a hand held radio but to far out to contact anyone. So with limited power and no electronics or power I activated the AquaLink. Within 30 minutes we had the coast guard helicopter circling us and a short time later the USS Drumond was there. We had an escort by the Drummond and then US Tow helped the rest of the way as we ran out of fuel on the good engine. I bought the AquaLink never thinking I would have to use it, but the first trip with it on board it was a life saver. My thanks to everyone at your company.

Woorden van wijsheid

I bought the AquaLink never thinking I would have to use it, but the first trip with it on board it was a life saver!!

dank u opmerking

Thank you to everyone at ACR

Reddingslocatie

Fort Lauderdale

Rescue Team

Coast Guard