Sinking catamaran rescue!

[Jayfarmlaw]

on the Facebook site "Cozumel 4 you" there are pics of a catamaran sinking and apparently basically every boat on the water went to their aid. One witness stated dive boats, fishing boats, a parasail boat, and two Ultramar ferries were involved. Nice response Cozumel!! The two Ultramar boats with the cat tied between them and taking back to the pier is a sight to see. NIce work to the captain and crew.

It makes you feel better as a tourist knowing this is the response to a vessel in trouble.

On edit, with a better view of the Blue and yellow boats, those look like some kind of tender vessel and not the ferries. May or may not be Ultramar.

Nice job guys,
Jay

 

[DandyDon]

Boats have been known to sink. Good rescue.

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

And it's back to a pier. Looks like it's still going down. Lift bags and pumps anyone??

 

[DandyDon]

95 on a cruise boat snorkel excursion sounds bad enough. Cats seems so safe, so I have to wonder what failed?

 

[bradmond]

Hate it when you forget to put the drain plug back in.

 

[ggunn]

View attachment 434818 And it's back to a pier. Looks like it's still going down. Lift bags and pumps anyone??

That's the private marina next to Blue Angel.

 

[DandyDon]

Hate it when you forget to put the drain plug back in.

I did that once or maybe twice on our ski boat. Felt really dumb.

 

[maj2]

Some news coverage of the event with additional photos: Rescatan a 95 turistas, tras zozobrar embarcación en Cozumel.
Google Translate does a decent job of translation for it.

Glad everyone was OK.

 

[flyboy08]

That was an added cruise ship excursion you can buy....

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

Google translate:

Cozumel.- A catamaran-type tourist boat with 95 German passengers and a baby sank partially after being left adrift and being dragged by the strong waves in the northern part of the island.
The engines of the boat "Mazu" failed halfway to Isla de la Pasión where they were taking tourists from a cruise. They were quickly dragged towards the high seas and the waves caused it to capsize.
Private boatmen, diving tourism services, hotels, extreme sports and fishing, went to the place and, after 20 minutes of maneuvers, evacuated all, both crew and passengers. Meanwhile, the partially submerged catamaran was towed by another boat to a dry marina.
The visitors came from the boat "Main Schiff 6" that landed this morning in Punta Langosta, and had contracted a tour with the company "Isla de la Pasión" to be taken to the place of the same name, boarding this boat, from the pier Aldora
It was towards this place where the Germans were taken by the different boats after their rescue. Although there was an ambulance in the place, nobody required medical attention.
A battleship of the Navy of Mexico went to the place of the initiate but did not intervene, the rescue being already taking place. Port Captaincy inspectors did not go to the dock to verify the status of passengers or investigate what happened.