The boat was covering nearly a half a nautical mile per second at those speeds, leaving Horrevoet almost 10 miles behind by the time the crew took the sails down, the engine turned on and turned around to find him.
"The crew deployed three man overboard devices," Hindley said. "They spotted him after 40 minutes."
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WOW.... It is amazaing that they found him in those conditions. What a tragedy.
Knowing that 1 mile per minute is 60 mph - .5 mile a second? They need some proof reading. If you make it .5/minute (30 mph), then the claim is it took them 20 minutes to turn around if the 10 mile distance is correct. Still doesn't seem right, I can't believe they put 10 miles on him before being able to turn back, even given the speed of the boats and the time to drop the sails. Either way, most accounts said they got him back on board around 40-45 minutes.
What a tragedy, especially for the wife and daughter.
