US Sailing’s Safety at Sea Committee awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal to Ed Tracey, Dewey Ward and Ray Racine, the crew of Incommunicado, for their 2016 rescue of Patrick Seidel on October 23.
Presented on December 7 by Jonathan Wright, United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Vanderstar Chair, the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal is awarded to skippers of boats or race support vessels who assist in rescues of victims from the water.
Rescue Report:
Patrick Seidel, a United States Naval Academy graduate, retired submarine commander and highly-experienced racer, along with first-year crew Janet Gawler, was post-race delivering .45, his Capri 22 from Baltimore, Md. to the Magothy River.
More at www.sailingscuttlebutt.com here:
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Presented on December 7 by Jonathan Wright, United States Naval Academy Sailing Squadron’s Vanderstar Chair, the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal is awarded to skippers of boats or race support vessels who assist in rescues of victims from the water.
Rescue Report:
Patrick Seidel, a United States Naval Academy graduate, retired submarine commander and highly-experienced racer, along with first-year crew Janet Gawler, was post-race delivering .45, his Capri 22 from Baltimore, Md. to the Magothy River.
More at www.sailingscuttlebutt.com here:
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2...tm_term=Recognition for Chesapeake Bay rescue