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April 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Dr Hitchens has four suspected broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
Londoner Nik Brbora, 29, has a suspected pelvic sprain while Mark Burkes,
47, from Worcestershire suffered a back injury, although this is now thought
to be less serious than at first feared. Farmer Max Wilson, 62, from
Queensland, Australia, has two suspected broken ribs.
Juan Coetzer, the skipper of the 18-strong Geraldton Western Australia crew,
described the chaos as the wave struck during a storm.
“We were racing along in 40-60 knot gusts. The sea was alive with rage,”
he said.
“Then at our watch change, just before the sun came up, a monstrous
foaming swell broke over our stern. Mark Burkes was on the helm at the time.
“The water had so much force in it that it pushed Mark into the helm,
snapping the pedestal clean off. We had no steering and crew were falling
all over the boat.” The other 16 members of the crew are said to be
shaken but unhurt.
Coastguard Luke Reed said the first attempted rescue mission using a C-130
plane from Fairfield airbase had to be abandoned due to the poor weather
conditions, but was able to drop medical supplies and specialist stretchers.
“The weather conditions were not conducive to allow the jumpers from the
aircraft,” he said. “Because of fuel concerns, the aircraft had to
return to land with the jumpers.”
Geraldton Western Australia is in last place in the 40,000-mile, 10-yacht
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which set off from Southampton in July.
It was sailing to America from Qingdao, China, and is now continuing on its
course towards San Francisco Bay under secondary steering, where Leg Six of
the race finishes.
Race director Joff Bailey said, “We are naturally concerned at the …
incident on Geraldton Western Australia and are in close contact with the
skipper, UK Maritime and Coastguard at Falmouth and the US Coast Guard.
“The safety of all Clipper Race crew is extremely important to us. Our
skippers are highly experienced and several crew members on board have
medical training.”
The next leg of the largely amateur race takes participants to New York, via
the Panama Canal, before they return to Southampton this summer.
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