They were in the English Channel. Brittany is in the north of France. The map in the post shows the Channel Islands.
They used the engine for the rescue to minimize time and safely approach the small boat close enough to heave a line.
Doing all that under sail, like the OP seems to think they should, wouldn’t just be extremely difficult, it would be dangerous and profoundly irresponsible.
Modern sailboats (as in since 1900) have auxiliary engines for a reason…
They used the engine for the rescue to minimize time and safely approach the small boat close enough to heave a line.
Doing all that under sail, like the OP seems to think they should, wouldn’t just be extremely difficult, it would be dangerous and profoundly irresponsible.
Modern sailboats (as in since 1900) have auxiliary engines for a reason…