Overview
- Rescuers recovered a married couple who fell into the Baltic Sea after their sailboat capsized during a severe storm and reported both uninjured.
- The incident began when the couple tied their boat to a buoy during heavy thunderstorm conditions and the mooring failed, leaving the vessel drifting off Langholz in the Waabs area.
- DGzRS units from Eckernförde responded after a woman on shore alerted MRCC Bremen, began towing the boat toward Eckernförde, and then recovered the pair when a later violent gust capsized the vessel.
- The rescue involved the Seenotrettungsboot Eckernförde, the rescue cruiser Berlin with a sea doctor aboard, and the daughter-boat Steppke which towed the damaged sailboat into Eckernförde.
- The DGzRS said its fleet carried out more than 30 missions helping roughly 75 people over the same weekend, highlighting how sudden summer storms raise risks for small recreational craft and strain rescue resources.