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Tall tales: Stricken ship reaches safety

A TALL Ship that lost its twin masts in an Atlantic storm while carrying a party of schoolchildren has docked after being towed to safety by fishermen.

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 BST

The Fryderyk Chopin from Poland lost both its 120ft masts as winds raged up to Force Nine 100 miles south-west of the Scilly Islands on Friday night.

A school party of children aged 14 were trapped on the craft as first its foremast and then its rear collapsed, sending the boat out of control in high seas.

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After a rescue in which Cornish tuna fishermen towed the boat to safety, the 36 youngsters bedded down in a YMCA as crew and owners begin to address the massive damage to the classic craft. Crew member Margaret Wieczorek, 25, said of the storm: "It was terrifying."