An Urk viskotter on the North sea in a small boat with migrants rescued in the. According to the owner of the UK48 dobberde it on top of a very busy shipping route and it is a wonder that it has not been go over by a large ship.
“At first, I thought it would be a sportbootje it was,” said the captain Garrut Klarine in Down the Line, and the Surrounding area in NPO Radio 1. “Then I got closer and closer, and I saw the people waving goodbye. When it was clear that the fugitives were there.”
Of the 26 people on board, three of whom were children, were in reasonably good condition. “They were thirsty, and we gave them some food given to it.” The migrants, most likely from Iraq were not allowed on board will be left in the boat. “We have got to the Uk coast guard is called in, and were brought back to lie there until help came.”
Large, smooth
According to the Klarine was in the boat, is not very strong. “There was a big raft, with a aanhangmotor. Had to do it.” He has reason to suspect that I’m quite happy from Calais, the Channel and wanted to go over and then it’s lost. “You’re in the wrong course, get caught, and then 40 miles north to come to pass.”
The boat dobberde run out of fuel at the crossroads of the shipping lanes, ” says the captain of the boat. “There’s a book of big ships. A couple of hours earlier, there was a dense fog, and then you don’t see them.”
Good luck
According to the owner, Riekelt Bakker, the UK48 have a board lot of luck. “Well, that’s such a beautiful day. Because, if the wind speed is 3 or 4, they were never alive.”
Urk fishermen to shoot migrantenboten in need more frequent help. In december, it was on the Map The 21 migrants have been rescued the crew of the boat of Implementation. The French coast guard received a distress call from the migrantenschip, and then asked the fishermen to help out.
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