A British yacht was sunk and others severely damaged after they encountered hurricane force winds on a transatlantic race to Rhode Island, USA.
A major rescue operation was launched by the Canadian Navy late on Friday night.
The Halifax based crew rescued the crew from three vessels, the Royal Western Yacht Club confirmed in a blog post.
The boats, which sailed from Plymouth, were taking part in the club's Original Singlehanded Transatlantic Race and the Twohanded Transatlantic Race.
The Furia was sunk and its crew were taken in by survey vessel Thor Magna, the club said.
Happy was dismasted and its crew were rescued by tug vessel Apl Forward, it added.
The Tamarind also suffered severe damage and was rescued by cruise ship Queen Mary.
Two other vessels Harmonii and Suomi Kudu suffered mainsail damage and ended involvement in the race. The Harmonii is returning to the UK and Suomi Kudu to the Azores.
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