Heroic captain saves his sailing crew and pays with his own life. In 2023, a sailing trip that lasted several weeks through the Atlantic was fatal for a Swiss man (72) The yacht was caught in a violent storm in the South Atlantic after just over two weeks at sea.
With wind speeds of over 90 kilometers per hour and meter-high waves, the three crew members fought desperately to keep the yacht afloat. The crew's distress call with their position data reached the South African Maritime Safety Authority (MSASA) in Cape Town, more than 2,000 kilometers away.