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German container ship saved distressed yachties

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District command center coordinated a rescue approximately 400 miles northeast of Bermuda with the assistance of the "E.R. Melbourne" on May 18, 2012. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the watchstanders received a notification from a member of the National Maritime and Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre in Den Helder, stating that there were four people aboard the sailing vessel "Outer Limits" in need of assistance. The crew had stated that they had struck a whale and were quickly taking on water. The watchstanders sent out an enhanced group call then using AMVER and asked the captain of the "E.R. Melbourne" to assist the sailors in distress. The ship was approximately 35 miles away and arrived on scene at 8 p.m. The crew of the "Outer Limits" was in a race from the Bahamas to the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. The crew was taken aboard the container ship and is actually en route to Italy.