‘Everything just clicked:’ Fishing vessel carries out a successful rescue mission

Fishing teams of Southwest Nova Scotia Credit Good Planning and Safety Training for a successful rescue at sea early Monday.

The rescue happened more than 300 kilometers from the country.

Jimmie Atwood and his crew aboard the Longliner Maid van Amsterdam were a 12-day trip to the Grand Banks set up for halibut and returned to the harbor in Cape Breton to beat an imminent hurricane. That is when a Mayday call came through a ship that assumed water.

After he quickly plotted coordinates, Atwood realized that he was close by 40 kilometers away and turned every three-hour steam to reach the crew of Atlantic treasure.

Noah Deveau, the captain of the ship in Trouble, said that the journey from his crew to the Grand Banks had also been a good one, until it went late on Sunday evening. He believes that a seawater pipe is bursting, so that the ship assumes water faster than pumps can change.

‘It was time to leave’

The crew immediately used two life measures as a precautionary measure. Three people have prepared all safety equipment, while the rest of the crew of eight people worked to try to save the ship.

“Everything that was in fact to save our lives was done first,” Deveau said in a telephone interview.

It was not long to realize that they needed their backup plan.

“Water came over the actual ship and flooded the deck at the same time as the engine room, while we lost power to our pumps,” said Deveau.

“It was time to leave because we could not do anything. No more pumps and she mentioned hard.”

‘Happy and excited’

The crew moved to a rescue flight while they still had functioning lights to guide them. Deveau had made contact with the Canadian coast guard of Placentia, NL and other ships, including Atwood’s.

“It is of course a bad feeling, because we are 200 miles away from the country and … these guys spent three hours in this course of life in the dark with nothing,” Atwood said.

“I felt for them.”

Yet he had faith in the training of both crews. The water was relatively calm, with a drizzle and only light wind.

Atwood said he was able to talk to Deveau just before the crew of Atlantic Treasure deserted ship.

They arrived to find the crew well. Atwood said that the process of getting everyone on board Maid or Amsterdam could not have been smoother.

It was quickly determined that everyone was in order. A helicopter from the coast guard arrived on scene about 10 minutes later.

“Everyone was happy and excited,” he said.

‘We’re away for three days [from land]So we really get to know these guys. “

‘Good to get a dry cigarette’

While both ships fish from Cape Breton, Atwood and his crew come from Cape Sable Island. Deveau and his crew consist of people from Yarmouth and Cape Sable Island.

“It was just a no-brainer that we just take home,” said Atwood.

Deveau said that crew members were happy while they were waiting in the rescue. People tried to keep the mood light while waiting for their ride.

“It was good to get a dry cigarette,” he said when he was asked about the arrival of Atwood’s crew.

“We are all, actually ready to go back.”

The affected ship fell while the crews were still on site.

Atwood said that the situation drives home the importance of good planning for him.

Of Hurricane in it develops into a powerful storm Atwood did not want to leave anything to chance for the southwest coast of North -America.

“Everything just clicked,” he said. “This is a perfect example of why you go in before the storm.”