From the BBC; click on the screenshot to go to the article and a video. “Both sailor and cat are said to be fine.”
h/t: David S.
Some good news: man and cat saved in dramatic sea rescue
October 21, 2015 • 3:03 pm
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That is one lucky cat. Most guys in that position would not think of the animal. Good going.
Can’t see the video (it’s flash – too many security holes for my liking), but sounds a pretty scary situation.
If I recall the name correctly, the Tor Viking is a PSV – Production support Vessel. I think I had it servicing a rig I was on in the North Sea one time – the name is familiar.
More than you ever wanted to know : https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/TOR-VIKING-IMO-9199622-MMSI-266004000
Works fine on my mobile, no Flash needed. Not sure how to force HTML 5 playback on your PC, though.
Haven’t been sufficiently bothered to try to find a method. Doesn’t seem important enough.
Don’t worry, you can’t see anything in the video anyway. I certainly didn’t see the cat.
The video is very poor quality, long range, high magnification from a vantage point evidently a good distance away from both the foundering sailboat and the Tor Viking.
Which in itself implies that not only the Tor viking vectored into the stricken vessel, but other vessels did too. Would probably have stood off in an en echelon formation down wind and off-line from the primary rescue vessel so that in the event of the first vessel being unable to secure the man overboard, the next vessel would be in position and vector to move in.
SOP.
“Deadliest Cat[ch]”? — Could work as a basic-cable show.
CC sei dank!!