A British woman has spoken of her relief after her husband and son were rescued from their yacht which began to sink in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falmouth Coastguard received a mayday satellite phone call from Peter Kyne, the skipper of 9m-yacht Spam.
Mr Kyne, 48, his 17-year-old son Alan and a third crewman, had been sailing on the same route as the ARC rally which races from Gran Canaria to Rodney Bay, St Lucia, but their yacht got into trouble 750 miles from the Caribbean.
Falmouth coastguard advised Mr Kyne, who is from the Isles of Scilly, to stay with the yacht as long as it stayed afloat but to be prepared to evacuate to a liferaft.
The coastguard then alerted the ARC race control which broadcast a distress signal which was responded to by another yacht following the race and which went to the aid of Spam's crew.
Henry Purbrick, watch manager of Falmouth Coastguard said: "We are very pleased to report that the three men are safe and well on board another yacht heading for St Lucia.
"Mr Kyne remained calm on the satellite phone reporting his distress situation and was well equipped to be able to deal with his situation until we could get help to him.
"Several commercial and leisure vessels in the area responded and we are pleased that we could co-ordinate assistance to these three men"
Mrs Kyne said: "I would like to thank Falmouth Coastguard for the assistance they gave in organising someone to go to the assistance of my husband and son.
"I am very relieved that they are safe and well."
