Six sailors who went missing since Christmas Day, returned home last night safe and sound.
The men came ashore with their boat the ‘Invincible 3’ at the Georgetown Fishermen’s Coop Society Wharf at Meadow Bank.
Immediately after docking the men, including the Captain Nathan Bacchus, were whisked away to be reunited with their families.
Their boat although sustaining extensive damage to one of its side, managed to sail unaided from the location where the mishap occurred.
Kaieteur News understands that the men spoke of landing on an island beach after their boat developed engine problems and remaining there until a search team found them and righted the vessel so that it could sail back to port Georgetown.
When contacted last night the boat owner Rajendra Narine, called Ram, confirmed that the men had returned home but he said that he had not spoken to any of the crew.
Angela Vieira, the captain’s wife, was elated at the news that her husband and his colleagues had returned home safely, although when this newspaper spoke to her, he had not yet reached their Bellevue, West Bank Demerara home.