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UPDATE: 9 a.m.
The Halifax-based joint rescue co-ordination centre says all crew aboard four storm-battered vessels that had been racing across the Atlantic Ocean are safe.
A spokeswoman for the centre says crew on two sailboats that put out distress calls Thursday were rescued Saturday morning, while a third boat made its way to calmer waters.
Maj. Rhonda Stevens says the cruise liner Queen Mary II picked up a British sailor from a demasted yacht and is en route to Halifax.
She says two Dutch sailors rescued from another vessel in the mid-Atlantic are on a tanker headed towards the Bahamas.
She says a fourth vessel in the race declared a state of emergency on Saturday when it started taking on water, and the two Bulgarian sailors on board have been rescued and are on a research vessel headed to St. John's, N.L.
Rescue officials say the vessels racing between Plymouth, England, and Newport, R.I., encountered very heavy weather late Thursday about 1,660 kilometres east of Newfoundland.
ORIGINAL: 8:15 a.m.
The Canadian Coast Guard has dispatched two ships to the mid-Atlantic to assist three sailboats that were battered — and in one case demasted — by a powerful storm during an across-the-ocean race.
A spokesman for the Halifax-based joint rescue co-ordination centre said Friday evening that two of the disabled, mono-hull vessels had one crew member on board, while a third had two crew.
Lt. Len Hickey said the vessels racing between Plymouth, England, and Newport, R.I., encountered very heavy weather late Thursday about 1,660 kilometres east of Newfoundland.
Hickey said conditions in the area remained difficult on Friday evening with 10 to 15 metre seas and winds gusting from 90 to over 100 kilometres per hour.
The vessels are widely spaced out in the ocean, over a distance of about 380 kilometres.
Portugal has sent a military aircraft, while the Canadian Forces have dispatched a Hercules and an Aurora to fly over the area where the damaged vessels are drifting.
Rescue officials tweeted late Friday that Canadian warship HMCS Charlottetown and two coast guard vessels are steaming toward the ships.
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