... a First Mate and a Cook.

A small crew was on board when the boat sailed north from its berth in Palm Beach, trying to out run Hurricane Erin (lost approx. 90 miles east of Port Canaveral). The seven other crew members were rescued by US Coast Guard swimmers who hung from steel cables in hurricane force winds and 20-ft seas. An eighth member of the 11-man crew was rescued by a Russian merchant vessel. No passengers were on board.

JB