{"id":18224,"date":"2018-12-08T19:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/12\/08\/cargo-ship-saves-29-year-old-sailor-in-south-pacific-after-her-boat-flips\/"},"modified":"2018-12-08T19:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:46:21","slug":"cargo-ship-saves-29-year-old-sailor-in-south-pacific-after-her-boat-flips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/cargo-ship-saves-29-year-old-sailor-in-south-pacific-after-her-boat-flips\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo Ship Saves 29-Year-Old Sailor In South Pacific After Her Boat Flips"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ian Stewart<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n Susie Goodall on her boat DHL Starlight on July 1 at the start of the solo around-the-world Golden Globe Race.<\/p>\n

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The challenge: Sail 30,000 miles around the globe, non-stop, alone. <\/p>\n

What could go wrong? <\/p>\n

This week, Susie Goodall found out. The 29-year-old British woman was the youngest participant in the annual Golden Globe Race<\/a> which sends sailors from the coast of France around the earth and back to the same port. Or at least that’s the plan. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, Goodall was 2,000 miles west of South America when her boat flipped<\/a> in heavy wind, broke its mast and knocked her temporarily unconscious. She activated her emergency beacon and a series of troubling updates were posted to her Twitter account: <\/p>\n

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73-DISMASTED.HULL https:\/\/t.co\/jj0fKZ29HZ<\/a> FORM OF JURY RIG,TOTAL LOSS<\/p>\n

\u2014 SusieGoodallRacing (@susieBgoodall) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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73-INTERIOR TOTAL WRECK,LIFERAFTOK<\/p>\n

\u2014 SusieGoodallRacing (@susieBgoodall) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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73-NASTY HEAD BANG AS BOAT PITCHPOLED.UNBELIEVABLY ROLY NOW<\/p>\n

\u2014 SusieGoodallRacing (@susieBgoodall) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Chile’s Maritime Coordination Center received her distress signal and ordered<\/a> the Tian Fu, a cargo ship on its way<\/a> from China to Argentina, to divert from its course and rescue Goodall.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, all Goodall could do was wait<\/a> \u2014 trying to keep her boat steady in the choppy South Pacific and pumping out water that was leaking into the damaged cabin.<\/p>\n

When the 600-foot rescue vessel<\/a> finally reached Goodall, deploying a small boat to retrieve her was deemed<\/a> impossible because of 10-13 foot waves rocking both ships. Instead, crew members on board the Tian Fu executed a kind of high-stakes version of Candy Crane<\/a>, lowered a cable from one of the ship’s massive cargo hoists, and plucked Goodall from her deck, hauling her to safety. <\/p>\n

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After 3 intensive days of co-ordinations from MRCC Chile, today at 15:35 UTC the motor vessel “TIAN FU” was able to recue the British yachtswoman Susie Goodall.
BZ. pic.twitter.com\/20bOEendr2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MRCC Chile (@MRCCChile) December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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The good news was posted<\/a> to her Facebook page: “From Susie, at 15:14 UTC: ON THE SHIP!!!” Goodall is expected<\/a> to arrive at the Chilean port of Punta Arenas on Wednesday. <\/p>\n