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Canadian Sailor Rescued by Ukranian and Russian Oil Workers

By Sandy Parks · On April 1, 2022

(globalnews.ca) – Casper Venter along with two crew were delivering a sailboat from Malaysia to the Caribbean when off the coast of Madagascar the vessel sprang a leak. Unable to keep up with the water pouring in, they abandoned ship to a liferaft. Able to call the Canadian Coast Guard, it turned out the closest ship to them was a Russian oil tanker 150 nautical miles away. The tanker’s crew made up of Ukranian and Russian sailos rescued the three men. Read More

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