The Coast Guard tows the Faroese boat Naddoddur to shore in Måløy – news Vestland

The casualty Naddoddur has now come ashore after the dramatic capsize in Stadhavet on Tuesday evening, where a woman in her 20s died. There were very demanding conditions at sea, with wave heights of up to five metres. The boat Naddoddur is 30 feet long, which corresponds to nine meters. It was built according to Viking traditions from the Faroe Islands and originally had two masts. In Faroese, the boat is called a “seksæringur”. Great forces have been at work on the sea. The Faroese boat looked like this when he arrived at the harbor in Måløy. Photo: Håkon Vatnar Olsen / news There were six people on board the boat when it capsized. Four of them were from Switzerland, one was from the Faroe Islands and one was from the USA. – Very demanding work – It is demanding, dark, limited visibility and a lot of sea. Very demanding work. – It was relatively rough and well over twenty meters in the cast, with a significant wave height of five metres, so it was rough, says chief engineer on board the lifeboat “Idar Ulstein”, Per Børstad. Here Naddoddur is towed ashore by the Coast Guard. Photo: Håkon Vatnar Olsen / news At the weather station at Kråkenes lighthouse, wind gusts of nearly 30 meters per second were measured. Børstad said that they used searchlights, but with a lot of waves it was difficult to see anything on the sea. Mechanic on the lifeboat “Idar Ulstein” tells about very demanding conditions at sea on Tuesday evening and night. Photo: Arne Flatin / news – The boat was upside down. It is difficult to find such small things out at sea at night. Published 28.08.2024, at 16.25 Updated 28.08.2024, at 16.34



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