Seabourn Odyssey Rescues Three Men Adrift in the Pacific Ocean

Seabourn Odyssey  rescue posted on blog.seabourn.com

Sea-travel is an entity all its own. Seafarers are a specially bonded community of people who are watching out for each other's backs. Traveling at sea creates a knowing that ships and boats are out there who are vigilantly observing everything around them.  The unexpected crises can happen at any time, any where.  Recently just that kind of story came about when three fishermen found themselves drifting miles away from land in the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Seabourn Odyssey's bridge officers vigilantly viewing their surrounds spotted 'something' on the horizon.  .

Seabourn Blog states:

"On Sunday evening, February 19, Seabourn Odyssey was sailing the Pacific Ocean some 150 miles southwest of Pago Pago, America Samoa, when the portside bridge watch spotted something in the distance. Captain Mark Dexter found no missing vessel reports, but wondered why this boat would be so far from land. He deviated from his course to investigate further and spotted a small boat adrift some miles away from the ship. As they drew closer, they saw three men jumping and frantically waving their clothing, clearly trying to catch the attention of Seabourn Odyssey. The ship deployed one of its rescue boats and, after determining that they were no threat, rescued three fishermen who had been lost at sea for nearly three weeks! The crew transferred them to the rescue boat and took them to the ship, where they were immediately checked out by the ship’s doctor. While they were dehydrated, hungry and had a few skin sores from the sun, the three men were in surprisingly good health considering they had been drifting at sea for weeks."

Passengers on board were kept abreast of the story during its unfolding by announcement from the bridge by the Captain.

For more of the story and more photographs go to:  blog.seabourn.com

Source: blog.seabourn.com