'Top Cover'...
The name 'Sprint' rang a bell, and my memory must be better than I thought because my logbook shows that I captained the Nimrod...
An 8-hour sortie and it seems that we refuelled at St Mawgan before returning to Kinloss.
Memories may have merged with other incidents, but the following points seem to apply:
There had been a Sea King and Nimrod call-out to 'Sprint' the day before(?), but this was aborted almost at the point of rescue because the yacht crew decided to remain on board after all... Things changed overnight and we were called out the next day.
Before being rescued, your brother and mate asked (through us on the Nimrod) if the SK crew would allow them to each bring a small rucksack of personal belongings on the winch. Whoever answered from the SK asked us to check whether those belongings might include a Decca Navigator, as he wanted one for HIS yacht...
Was the yacht salvaged by a passing bulk carrier? Or was that another incident...
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