a true blue-water odyssey of disaster and survival
In May 2005, Tom Tighe, welcomed three new crewmembers for a five-day voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda. They were sailing on Tom's forty-five-foot long sailboat, the Almeisan. Four days into the voyage an enormous storm struck, sweeping two crew members into the ocean. Those left onboard battled for their lives. The Coast Guard came to their resuce but found itself in as much trouble as the Almeisan's crew and the two in the ocean. The search and rescue was so diffuclt that this case was chosen as the Coast Guard's search and rescue case of the year.
