Musandam-Oman Sail capsize – all crew safe and secure
by Oman Sail 17 Jul 2016 16:28 BST
17 July 2016
Musandam-Oman Sail © Mark Lloyd
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Musandam-Oman Sail capsized approximately 450 nautical miles east of St Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada, while racing the Transat Quebec-St Malo.
Oman Sail received a call at 0305 UTC on Sunday 17 July from the boat. All five crew are safe and secure on board.
The Transat Quebec-St Malo race committee and Oman Sail's immediate priority is to evacuate the crew and bring them ashore safely, and this operation is well underway.
Update: All crew safely on board a cargo ship heading for Canada
Following the capsize of Musandam-Oman Sail early Sunday morning, the five sailors have been safely transferred to a cargo ship and are in transit back to Canada.
The capsize happened in the early hours of Sunday approximately 450 nautical miles east of St Pierre and Miquelon while racing the Transat Quebec-St Malo.
The team is currently assessing solutions for recovering the MOD70.
Our next update will be when the crew is ashore.
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