Rescue efforts are underway after a terrible storm

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The unique and nonstop circumnavigation of the planet Golden Globe Race was beaten by a storm with disastrous consequences.

Now, in the southern Indian Ocean, some 80 days after taking off from Les Sables d'Olonne in France, part of the fleet encountered a storm with winds of 70 knots and waves 14 meters high. This had a severe impact on three of the other eleven participants.

The storm has demolished the Irish Gregor McGuckinThe yacht Hanley energetic endurance, and damaged the boat Ohopen Maverick of Mark Slats From the Netherlands. More severely, the weather has not only demolished the thuriya yacht from Abhilash Tomy from India, but hurt the sailor, who conveyed the message: ROLLED. REMOVED. SERIOUS INJURY. Can not go back. A later message from Commander Tomy, 39, who served in the Indian Navy, indicated that he had activated his Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to broadcast distress signals and transmit his specific coordinates . He sent a message: ACTIVATED EPIRB. CAN NOT WALK, COULD NEED DRAW, and later, FEEL NUMB. CAN NOT EAT OR DRINK.

A red code warning was issued by the race organizers, imploring the nearby boats to find and help Tomy. In addition, a business jet was sent from Perth, Western Australia, to acknowledge the situation, and the Australian authorities are coordinating their action with a frigate that includes medical facilities and a helicopter to reach the ship. The Indian authorities also sent a military plane from Mauritius and hijacked a stealthy exercise frigate near South Africa to help. Although both aircraft found the boat, none could establish communication (however, Tomy could say that he had heard the aircraft). In addition, an Estonian skipper has changed the route to take assistance and it will take two or three more days to cover the hundreds of kilometers that separate them.

Captain Tomy's yacht, Thuriya, is a replica of the one that won the race of fifty years ago: Suhaili. This was piloted by (Sir) Robin Knox-Johnston.

McGuckin, meanwhile, improvises – even though he's been frustrated by the high winds and rough seas and an engine that only works intermittently. He steers his boat by hand because the automatic steering mechanism was taken out of service by the falling mast. Whatever the case may be, he has changed course to find Tomy and help him out. Both are about 3,000 kilometers west of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.

Slats from the Netherlands said that he had never seen such conditions at sea. He was washed in the sea (saved by a safety tie) and the electrical system of his boat was flooded causing a small fire that he could extinguish. Other participants in the race were advised to head north to avoid a second, perhaps equally vicious, storm getting ready.

[Golden Globe Race Headquarters in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, supplied most information for this article.]

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The one-handed and nonstop circumnavigation of the Golden Globe Race was swept away by a storm that had serious consequences.

Now, in the southern Indian Ocean, some 80 days after taking off from Les Sables d'Olonne in France, part of the fleet encountered a storm with winds of 70 knots and waves 14 meters high. This had a severe impact on three of the other eleven participants.

The storm demolished the yacht of the Irishman Gregor McGuckin Hanley energetic endurance, and damaged the boat Ohopen Maverick Mark Slats from the Netherlands. More severely, the weather has not only demolished the thuriya Abhilash Tomy's yacht from India, but injured the sailor, who conveyed the message: ROLLED. REMOVED. SERIOUS INJURY. Can not go back. A later message from Commander Tomy, 39, who served in the Indian Navy, indicated that he had activated his Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to broadcast distress signals and transmit his specific coordinates . He sent a message: ACTIVATED EPIRB. CAN NOT WALK, COULD NEED DRAW, and later, FEEL NUMB. CAN NOT EAT OR DRINK.

A red code warning was issued by the race organizers, imploring the nearby boats to find and help Tomy. In addition, a business jet was sent from Perth, Western Australia, to acknowledge the situation, and the Australian authorities are coordinating their action with a frigate that includes medical facilities and a helicopter to reach the ship. The Indian authorities also sent a military plane from Mauritius and hijacked a stealthy exercise frigate near South Africa to help. Although both aircraft found the boat, none could establish communication (however, Tomy could say that he had heard the aircraft). In addition, an Estonian skipper has changed the route to take assistance and it will take two or three more days to cover the hundreds of kilometers that separate them.

Captain Tomy's yacht, Thuriya, is a replica of the one that won the race of fifty years ago: Suhaili. This was piloted by (Sir) Robin Knox-Johnston.

McGuckin, meanwhile, improvises – even though he's been frustrated by the high winds and rough seas and an engine that only works intermittently. He steers his boat by hand because the automatic steering mechanism was taken out of service by the falling mast. Whatever the case may be, he has changed course to find Tomy and help him out. Both are about 3,000 kilometers west of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia.

Slats from the Netherlands said that he had never seen such conditions at sea. He was washed in the sea (saved by a safety tie) and the electrical system of his boat was flooded causing a small fire that he could extinguish. Other participants in the race were advised to head north to avoid a second, perhaps equally vicious, storm getting ready.

[Golden Globe Race Headquarters in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, supplied most information for this article.]