A british woman and her friend drifted for four days in the Caribbean after their catamaran capsized, before being rescued by a passing oil tanker.
Juliet Savage, 27, and Timmy Attard, 30, who both work for a boat rental company in St Martin, took one of the 16ft catamarans for a sail on Saturday afternoon when the sea around the popular holiday island was peaceful.
However, within a few hours they were having to rely on their survival training after one of the boat’s pontoons filled with water and the vessel capsized.
Luckily, the Hobicat yacht lived up to its reputation as being virtually unsinkable.
After reports that the pair were missing, a search was initiated by the French coastguard, which asked for the help of the Dutch coastguard, which covers part of the area.
The search involved United States coastguard vessels and military and private aircraft. A Liberian tanker spotted them on Tuesday evening