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Couple stranded in Bahamas after lightning strikes, destroys boat: ‘All mighty bang’
A British couple who spent their life savings to buy a sailboat and enjoy their retirement at sea are now stranded in the Bahamas after their dream vessel was struck by lightning — and the duo are in a race against time to fix it before the hurricane season starts
Mike Beech, 63, and his wife Helen, 61, spent $63,000 to buy the Mistral Dancer in July 2018 and began their sailing adventure, the Times of London reported.
On March 23, they were moored off a small island near George Town in the Bahamas when they heard an “all mighty bang” as a lightning bolt struck the vessel’s mast and destroyed the navigation equipment, according to the outlet.
UK retirees Mike and Helen Beech are stranded in the Bahamas, where their sailboat was struck by lightning and badly damaged — leaving them in a race against time before the hurricane season.
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“I never want to experience anything like that again, at all,” Mike, told the Times of London.
“It’s really scary at the moment because all the other boats are racing back to the US to get out of the hurricane and tropical storm belt and we’re stuck here.”
Mike, who is from Suffolk, said he had never seen an electrical storm quite like
“But we’re alive because I’m not sure what would have happened if we had been on deck,” he said.
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While insurance is expected to cover most of the $45,000 repair cost, the couple will still have to come up with about $7,500.
Mike and Helen Beech on the Mistral Dancer.
Mike, who has had several careers, including as a truck driver, and Helen, who was a midwife, receive only a modest pension and can’t afford even that amount.
In the meantime, they are stuck and are in a race against time before the hurricane season arrives.
The couple set off on a Atlantic crossing in 2022 and spent the past year island-hopping in the Caribbean, where they moored off the small island of Crab Cay before disaster struck.
“At first I thought someone had crashed into the side of us or something,” Mike said.
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