The upset of the Orange

Steve Ravussin tells the spectacular accident us that suffered several days ago in his will trimarán Orange.

It upset at night as a result of the failure of the autopilot, and in half of the Atlantic. It was aided by a Russian oil tanker in route towards England. Ever since it shot their Sarsat radiobeacon to 0h28m spent 6 hours until being reclaimed by the oil tanker. The scare was immense, since suddenly vió fitted in the site of pilotage to 16 meters of height in vertical (the height of 5º floor). Immediately later they will trimarán it finished upsetting and it was under the locked up water and being able to breathe solely when the wave happened under the helmet raising it and it left it to the air. The following conversation was able to put itself in contact via satellite with the organization speaking:

Stéve What so you are?

Good today I have had 3 lives… so that we cannot complain…

You can comment to us how has happened?

Everything went well and the boat advanced wonderfully. It went calm with two curls and 25 to 30 wind knots and short waves. It did 145º with the wind and had filled the stern ballast tanks to avoid to nail the prow during the night. I put the autopilot to hook gennaker. The autopilot put a downcast one while he returned to the control post while the prow of the leeward skate nailed in a wave something greater than the others. They will trimarán has been put to raise, to raise and to raise… until putting the mast in the water. I crashed against the control post at which it finished arriving, which has saved me the life. Soon the boat naturally has continued turning other 90 degrees until totally being legs above. Thank heavens that wore to position the survival suit. Luckyly the skate has left a pair times of the water leaving me to breathe. It gets to think that it would not manage to leave the hole.

Was broken the wood?

After one hour of meneos one was divided what gave a little bouyancy to the boat.

You could contact with the organization?

It had ignited the two radiobeacons and it tried to call by the Iridium telephone, but the microphone must have dunked because whenever it called to the organization, somebody responded nothing else “hello” but. The organization smelled the problem.  She proposed a system to me of signs. If them oía had to hang immediately and to return to call. When the answer was “If”, it had to hang. This way and after awhile I knew that an oil tanker came to aid to me.

As the rescue were developed?

Good… the impressive thing is that it got to be to less than 5 meters in a pair of occasions but with much sea, wind and much drift. They were above mine and they did not manage to make me arrive the end from rescue. What they did not know is that around the boat there was a mess of ends which involved danger of enlistments. They shouted me that she jumped to the water! … They had sent 500 meters of rope at least to reclaim the rescue end and I had become a harness with an end. Thank heavens that I remained with scissors in the pocket. When to the aim I managed to catch the rescue end I signaled to them of Ok, and threw with a hydraulic Winch like crazy people. I left sudden flight. If I get to be hooked to the boat by some equipment I lose the leg or what is, but good about that situation you do not think it to you and you are in which you are. With the scissors I could cut the fine ropes that were still hooked and cabito of the beacon of the transponder that took united to the suit and finally I went hizado to 25 meters of height until arriving at the cover of the oil tanker.