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Would You Abandon a Floating Yacht?

By Administrator · On May 23, 2017

Food for thought from the archives of Yachting World by Elaine Bunting.

Efficient rescues mean more yachts are being abandoned only to be found floating later. Should people pull the plug before they get off?

Funny enough, I was joking with the crew of one of the non-ARC yachts in the anchorage in Las Palmas that if they tagged along at the back of the fleet they might be able to pick themselves up an abandoned yacht sometime in the next couple of weeks. Read More

 

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