RESCUE at SEA : Crown Princess rescues man lost near Bermuda triangle.

Somewhere off of Bermuda while on the way to Puerto Rico, the Crown Princess had to rescue this man. He was lost on his own for three days.

[@pepege5175]

May 21, 2007 A British sailor nearly delirious after he was stranded at sea for two days was saved in a dramatic rescue in high winds by a cruise ship captain who turned out to be his neighbor from a town 4,000 miles away. No one would believe it if it weren't true. Solo sailor John Fildes probably would not have survived his ordeal if the giant luxury cruise ship Crown Princess had not canceled a planned stop in Bermuda because of the same high winds that disabled the sailboat. The rescue took place Monday, May 14, a little more than 100 miles south of Bermuda. The Crown Princess ended its nine-day cruise Monday in New York. Fildes, 32, an experienced yachtsman, was sailing his boat, "Dangerous When Wet," alone from the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to Rhode Island battling stormy conditions at sea when his sails apparently collapsed. He became ill as he bobbed around in the water for two days unable to keep down any food. According to Crown Princess Capt. Alistair Clark, Fildes had been making Mayday calls on his radio for two days, but no other ships were in range to hear his pleas for help. The Crown Princess would not have been there either, except for the fact that it canceled a planned port call in Bermuda because of high winds. So the ship headed a day early to San Juan and was in position to hear the distress call. The 113,000-ton, 950-foot-long cruise ship raced to the aide of the addled 40-foot sailboat. The dramatic rescue in high winds was part skill and part luck, according to one of the ship's officers. Hundreds of passengers, including myself, watched in awe from open decks and balconies as the cruise ship slowly approached the sailboat. The high winds and 12-foot swells made the rescue quite dangerous. The ship's crew made a decision to let the sailboat drift over and come into contact with the side of the cruise ship to make the recovery a bit safer. The Crown Princess launched a small rescue boat to pluck Fildes from his damaged vessel as the rescue boat and the sailboat bounced up and down in the high waves. After Fildes was taken aboard the rescue boat, his sailboat rocked back and forth, its mast hitting the side of the Crown Princess as surprised passengers looked on. Its mast snapped off as the boat drifted along the side of the cruise ship and was left behind. The crew believes the sailboat, said to be worth more than $100,000, took on water and soon sank. Clark said the ship's doctors, who treated Fildes, believe he probably would not have survived another day stranded at sea. Fildes left the Crown Princess in San Juan. As an unexpected ending to this dramatic rescue story, it turns out Clark and Fildes live about a mile away from each other in the coastal English village of Warsash but had never met. Clark told passengers on the ship he plans to visit Fildes back in Warsash. "He probably owes me a drink or two," he said. abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3198333

[@MikeBernard73]

Thanks for this. I remember this day well. I was sitting in the hot tub on the front crew deck, relaxing with an unexpected day at sea after the Bermuda cancellation. I got a page saying to bring cameras to the outside deck 7, there is going to be a rescue. I got up to dry off and looked out to see. I could just barely make out a boat in the distance with its mast. It might not seem like much in today's world of youtube and social media videos, but it was crazy to witness this out in what felt like the middle of nowhere.

[@pepege5175]

a more detailed description of the accident... www.bymnews.com/may/dangerous-when-wet.html Happy New Year 2020

[@phoebe5843]

What a happy ending to a would -have-been tragic fate..brought me to tears of joy.

[@malcolmduncanarguelles8991]

tqqq so much for this, i can do my assignment of summary thx to ths........so happy and gladdddddddddddddd

[@tiddlesa.6125]

@ 3:58 This brought a tear to my eye. The look on his face, happy he was saved but still saw his sadness to know he lost his yacht. Thank you for this upload.

[@ridgewood6880]

My grandfather was on the ships I honestly feel so proud to see how captains maintain this integrity of rescuing people when they spot one on in general one helping the other and rescuing. Thank you for being such good humans

[@allen_p]

Some gutsy crew members of that rescue boat. That could have gone wrong in many ways. Real heroes!

[@kenb.8596]

Ocean takes no prisoners, Gr8 job Cruise ship hands. Crew knew what they were doing and Gr8 practice / training!!!!

[@paulinecronneit8400]

WAW that is to show we all have to be on the look out for one another in life PERFECT example no matter race/color.Three cheers to the captain an his crew members way to go.

[@tammylopez8502]

Wow how amazing!! Thank God this cruise 🚢 was there at the right time!! Hope you are doing well!!

[@Heideberry]

Oh my gosh wow. Well done for rescuing him. That was scary when the mast snapped. Poor guy looked so devastated. As you would do.

[@TsarOfRuss]

That is a beautiful yatch and a modern one for 2009.. it was probably brand new, it's got racing Keels

[@odyssey_outings]

All Yatches, Boats & Small Ferries have to be knowledgeable about the "Distress Signal" and how to transmit them by the use of emergency beacons and transponders. Distress Signal is SOS which is "Save our Souls". Any ship who receives this signal has to deviate from its route and come for their rescue. This is what was shown in the video.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Great job guys! I'm glad he didn't have a pet with him!

[@bobo3270]

Thank you!

[@jcclavel]

Amazing! I saw this video on the video suite of the crown princess! The ideographer on the time found this tape and showed to me! :) Was you who shot this amazing video? Well done, amazing and xoking!!! :) By the way, I am one of the Photographers on board of princess fleet! cheers

[@traceylynncfalconer4342]

thank God you saved him good job :)

[@OP-1000]

I never understand people who wanna sail the world. Oceans/seas (or any other body of water) scare the shit out of me.

[@MulataLinda8]

Awwww 😢😢😢😭😭

[@vincent7520]

I simply cannot understand how a boat that seems to be in perfect working order had to be abandoned by her single crew. For me two reasons why such a thing could happen … He thought he could handle her alone but he couldn't : these boats are pretty demanding and need a lot of training. Or he loose a crew member at sea and he couldn't handle the trauma… Which is the worse thing that could happen to a sailor, any sailor.

[@allamvenu1556]

Very Good work

[@maryeliza1020]

well done crown princess!!

[@berndlottes9940]

wow is that normal that they also try to safe a boat?? mega respect to the crew!! bet he crys because he is so happy that some one was quick there and safed him and also did best for his home

[@candy8043]

Bernd Lottes it could also be because he’s leaving his boat. If you didn’t know some people sail around the world as a style of living. This means that anything and everything they own is in that boat so when he left his boat in the middle of sea it’s kinda like having no house and everything taken away from you. That probably attributed to the crying you saw at the end too because of the rush of emotions. Also if you never knew, putting out a mayday call for help is very tough for a sailor. So when he did put that call out it’d probably devastated him.

[@candy8043]

Bernd Lottes so what I’m saying is that he may not even have a home to go to after this incident and probably had to rely on family and friends until he could sort things out

[@eviemoody]

A reminder that the best sailors with the best equipment can still be ravaged by the sea.

[@russellclement2058]

You said it couldnt to turn ,,,In 1966 I was on the Sitmar Line " Fairstar" in the specifications that Ship could turn in 1 1/2 times her length..

[@marilynmarijuan2599]

Wow good job🙏

[@user-qx1jp9jm1l]

얼마나 표류 한거에요?

[@chicut84]

The boat is lost or captain have rimorching??

[@OneSkiWonder]

Poor guy. I couldn't tell if he was crying because he was relieved for being rescued, or because he was sad that his nice sailboat got wrecked.

[@joevracella8192]

Incurance not pay

[@ti10can]

Second one.....And cruise fee.....

[@radjared]

His yacht looked fine..?

[@INF1NI73]

Probably exhausted, sick, in shock. Relieved, embarrassed. Lot going on in that head. I bet he needed sleep and proper food the days following that.

[@VinothKumar-ig2dc]

Good Job 👍 Cruise ship workers

[@lyndiemackenzie7880]

awesome job my cruise ship i go on yah

[@robertbodell7221]

Damn dude, didnt you know that dark patch on the horizon is land?

[@drumcover2302]

its a big place....

[@ridgewood6880]

Good job

[@Onion_Knights]

Captain : welcome aboard Man : thank you! Wait a min, what year is it?

[@benjaminortiz6828]

God bless them for rescue this guy!!!

[@lilbitatrouble8107]

2009 I think

[@lyndiemackenzie7880]

goooooooooooooooooooooooood job

[@vincent7520]

???How can a man put out to sea alone and be unable for three days ? The boat seemed perfect order. Don't blame anybody, just would like to know the story behind.

[@MikeBernard73]

I don't know the whole story but I think he lost power to his instruments. Didn't know where he was? Maybe something wrong with the sails because they weren't up.

[@stephensalt6229]

That boat looked in proper sailing condition...and to the people in the comment section suggesting it get towed....that boats maximum hull speed was not more than 15 or 16 knots...the ship cruises at 26 to 32 knots...then there is the angle of the line ...what part of that yacht would be secure enough to tow from...just an incredibly impossible thing to do. I would like to know the whole story on this.

[@MikeBernard73]

That ship and most of them I was on usually cruised at about 21 knots, but I agree there would not be a feasible way to tow the yacht.

[@PedroSilva-jk1jw]

O mar é maravilhoso mais também tem muito risco !!

[@CHRIS198490]

where is more story to this ?

[@gregoryparr8088]

Wow

[@Jake-kl6xl]

Почему было не привязать яхту к кораблю и не отбуксировать её? она же денег стоит, а привязать - почти ничего не стоит...

[@jxdigital]

Although it’s good this man was saved form whatever unclear trouble he had, it seems kind of bad that they destroyed the perfectly fine/recoverable sailboat in the process. They got way too close it seemed, then after he got in the lifeboat they slammed into the yacht which broke the mast and all linked equipment...

[@lindajackson618]

Are you kidding? They had the bow thrusters going trying to avoid the boat drifting into them! In case you don’t know that the up and down motion of boats suck whatever is close under like a vacume. I’m sure the cruse ship suffered some damage from the masts slamming into the railing. They didn’t do that on purpose either.

[@jimflynn238]

need a bigger steel sailboat.

[@kytran2659]

Gut gut

[@maryford7114]

If your a lone sailor make sure everything is working and now his yacht is gone

[@gmbh8443]

1:41 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA i died when the Boat sails Like a stupid xD

[@capscaps04]

so, how does it feel to don`t believe in feelings? oops, I forget you don`t believe in it.

[@csfvlog1541]

Mabuhay

[@neffk]

What was the problem? Did his GPS fail? Did he not have charts? Lack of navigation experience? Being alone for 3 days on a sailboat shouldn't be a big deal. Unless you are short on water or have a medical problem. Right?

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

I don't know: but that fellow was anxious as hell to get onto the rescue boat.

[@MikeBernard73]

I'm not totally sure but from what I remember he had no power and no sails. I think he was just hoping someone would find him. As for the boat, it would have been salvaged by people that do that sort of thing. The cruise ship couldn't do anything else.

[@RU-zm7wj]

Try it sometime.

[@qb6025]

was he sick

[@chrish.kraemer4226]

Wow, really breath taking! But why didn't they tow the yacht behind them. Maybe with a long line?

[@start2boatstart2sail91]

A cruiseship is doing more than 20 knots at sea. I don't think the sailboat could handle that speed and the force on the deck by the line would also be a great deal ...

[@ICA509]

No, they always leave the boat

[@luciano76464]

Povera barca😥 Cmq.vedo che vengono abbandonate tante belle barche in mare

[@atlanticocean640]

Just hang tight Most boats will get ya home no matter what the weather is doing, it’s how much you can take that decides your outcome.

[@radjared]

He looked in good condition. Maybe inexperience?

[@annalicelillo1790]

Am i wrong? I heard some people speaks tagalog when they try to save the boat of the survivor.

[@joseluisbalam]

Siya Pilipino crew ¡¡¡

[@nicolapastore4790]

Ascolta

[@hughsmith4008]

What kind of sailor is that. I would have had him sign the title over to me. Nobody rides for free and had the mate sail it to the next port.

[@bayreeffishingcharters6092]

You are Poor excuse for a mariner. Blackmailing someone in distress. Taking advantage. Fuck you

[@ClutchTFS]

Self-centered low-life piece of trash

[@mastermime8886]

I wonder what happened to the mans yacht.

[@ICA509]

It's free, can have it))

[@Alain.Helstroffer01]

A ghost boat is dangerous !!!

[@DarthSailorMoo]

go research the bermuda triangle my friend.

[@DarthSailorMoo]

what?

[@aklol7384]

Im worry about the man ship

[@nelsondejesus2795]

Loke,seban,en,yola,miren

[@bonzty]

this doesn't look too well organised...

[@gmbh8443]

FREE CRUISE

[@artamandi]

Not in this case ass hole

[@jansaksaa9827]

8

[@emillulfatta1860]

Hallo moyok to

[@buhaynikokongauman2404]

hello pinoy seafarer

[@ozioz6285]

having too much money is dangerous sometimes.

[@jayartillo4666]

Kapa

[@md.mesbahuddingazi7043]

লডপচ ‍ূৃ

[@c4terntravelseries932]

Hi Michael, I’m contacting you from a TV production company in the UK called Tern TV. We are making a documentary for Channel 4 (UK), exploring incidents and events related to boats, cruises and other forms of water travel. We’d like to be able to use your video in the programme, and I wondered if you are the owner of the footage? Could you please contact me by sending an email to [e-mail] Thank you! Nella

[@lilbitatrouble8107]

Who in their right mind goes purposely to the Bermuda Triangle?

[@mikemckelvey7144]

He should be charged for being rescued and the insurance should refuse to pay out for his incompetence.

[@genrerationx]

they should have towed the boat

[@henkknol3972]

Hahaha

[@alisonhilll4317]

Ah his sat nav broke down try using a sextant , no one does these days .

[@skipsassy1]

not lost at all - poor planning on his multi-million dollar sailboat - taken aboard would be honest, but heck this is UTUBE !

[@jmariliou]

multi million dollar? Funny!

[@butchlane4609]

It's astounding how many people appear to think they know so much. But, it's impossible to know if the guy on the boat was lost or not without speaking to him. Far too many people make assumptions or essentially guess what others are thinking or experiencing using their own brain. The only way to actually think like another is by using that individual's brain, otherwise, it's impossible for anyone to actually know what another is thinking. Leaving his "multi-million dollar sailboat" behind and needing to be rescued might suggest considerably more is occurring than is possible to know by simply watching a few moments of video.