Mid Atlantic Medevac

[dienamic]

My Dad's been crossing the Atlantic with the ARC for the last few weeks. Then last Thursday he was medevac'd off his yacht onto the Super Servant 3 when he lost all feeling in his left hand. Fearing a possible stroke or heart problems, he could be in Martinique 3 days earlier than if he'd stayed on his own boat. He emailed rom the super servant and I was impressed that he'd been picked up by one of the coolest boats I know!
All went well, and doctors in Martinique think he's just damaged the nerves in his hand and discharged him in an hour.
So, Dad gets a flight to St Lucia to meet up with his crew on their arrival and gets talking to another bloke who'd also been medevac'd off his boat due to gall stones. Only, the nearest boat to him was Paul Allen's Octopus. He speant 4 days on board, and was taken off by helicopter when they got within 300 miles of Martinique. The rescue helicopter landing on one of Octopus' 2 helipads.
Some people get all the luck!

Edited by dienamic on Wednesday 9th December 13:45

[Munter]

Sometimes life really is st isn't it. You get 4 days on Paul Allen's Octopus and you've got Gall stones so can't enjoy it!

[nonplussed]

Er, what's the story with that ship with all the boats on it? Where does that feature in the story?

[Munter]

nonplussed said:

Er, what's the story with that ship with all the boats on it? Where does that feature in the story?

That's the Super Servant 3 that his dad was on. One of those boats that 1/2 sinks to have stuff put on it.

[dienamic]

Munter said:

nonplussed said:

Er, what's the story with that ship with all the boats on it? Where does that feature in the story?

That's the Super Servant 3 that his dad was on. One of those boats that 1/2 sinks to have stuff put on it.

That's why it's such a cool ship!

[JakeS]

Munter said:

nonplussed said:

Er, what's the story with that ship with all the boats on it? Where does that feature in the story?

That's the Super Servant 3 that his dad was on. One of those boats that 1/2 sinks to have stuff put on it.

So that boat sinks itself to allow smaller boats to "drive" on it so it can carry them all away. How cool

[nonplussed]

Very cool ship indeed. I can't help but think it's been invented by a Brit in a shed

[RDE]

dienamic said:

I saw that in Horta in the Azores - it is an awesome thing.

We had arrived in this though, so it didn't get all the attention...