Deseado
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Deseado (Spanish for "wished" or "wished for") is a 10m sloop rigged yacht that survived about a month in the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait after being abandoned in stormy seas off Tasmania, the southern island state of Australia. It was found off the south coast of New South Wales (state) where it was towed into Batemans Bay on 23 May 2006. [1]
The owner-yachtsman had been rescued early on 16 April 2006 (Easter day) by winching from 8m waves to a Tasmanian Police Force Kawasaki BK117 recue/EMS helicopter, after setting off his EPIRB (radio beacon). He was sailing single-handed from Tasmania to New Zealand when the yacht was damaged and he suffered neck injuries. The yacht was then about 130 nautical miles north-north-east of Bicheno. The yacht was abandoned and given it up as lost. [2]
The owner recovered the yacht and sailed it back to Hobart, Tasmania.
