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Rescued Golden Globe RTW British sailor Susie Goodall(29) - pictured last year before setting off.<br />
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British Skipper Susie Goodall has been rescued after being stranded at sea for over 50 hours<br />
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After a tense 50 hour vigil, HM Coastguard received the welcome news that Susie Goodall, British Skipper of ‘DHL Starlight’ has been safely rescued by the MV ‘Tian Fu’ just before 3.30pm on the 7/12/18.<br />
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The dramatic rescue operation unfolded just after 10.30am on Wednesday 5 December when HM Coastguard’s Mission Control Centre in Fareham, Hampshire, UK picked up an EPIRB distress alert from Susie’s vessel, some 2,200nm off the coast of Chile whilst competing in the Golden Globe Yacht Race.<br />
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Susie was able to inform Golden Globe Yacht Race HQ that the vessel “pitch polled” (rolled end over end) and was dismasted during severe weather of 7m seas and high winds.

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Pic: PhilYeomans/BNPS

Rescued Golden Globe RTW British sailor Susie Goodall(29) - pictured last year before setting off.

British Skipper Susie Goodall has been rescued after being stranded at sea for over 50 hours

After a tense 50 hour vigil, HM Coastguard received the welcome news that Susie Goodall, British Skipper of ‘DHL Starlight’ has been safely rescued by the MV ‘Tian Fu’ just before 3.30pm on the 7/12/18.

The dramatic rescue operation unfolded just after 10.30am on Wednesday 5 December when HM Coastguard’s Mission Control Centre in Fareham, Hampshire, UK picked up an EPIRB distress alert from Susie’s vessel, some 2,200nm off the coast of Chile whilst competing in the Golden Globe Yacht Race.

Susie was able to inform Golden Globe Yacht Race HQ that the vessel “pitch polled” (rolled end over end) and was dismasted during severe weather of 7m seas and high winds.