Longtime B.C. sailor in recovery after daring rescue
10-06-2026 19:40 via nanaimobulletin.com

Longtime B.C. sailor in recovery after daring rescue

After 26 hours adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, braving a vicious storm that totalled his sailboat, the 610-foot Silver Whisper was expertly pulled alongside John Campbell’s vessel, and like the hand of god, crew members pulled him into the cruise ship – the end of a days-long ordeal leaving him with broken bones and his home at the bottom of the sea.
Campbell has been a sailor for decades, picking up the hobby at five years old, and 17 years ago he bought April Alice, a 27
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