Yesterday, the Island Princess reportedly rescued six people on a disabled vessel as the cruise ship was sailing to Cartagena, Colombia, according to a crew member on the Island Princess.
The Island Princess had departed from Ocho Ríos, Jamaica and was sailing in the Caribbean Sea when it was notified that another vessel, the M/V Water Spirit, which is listed as an offshore supply/cargo vessel, was disabled with six Venezuelans aboard. The vessel had been reportedly disabled for two weeks. The Island Princess then sent a rescue boat to the Water Spirit to bring the six people aboard the Princess cruise ship, where the cruise line examined them in the ship’s medical center and then fed them.
The Island Princess has since docked in Cartagena where the cruise ship intends to disembark them.
Rescue at Sea by the Island Princess. Stranded fishing boat.
— RodRaphael (@rodraphael) January 3, 2019
A passenger aboard the Island Princess subsequently posted a short video of the Princess rescue boat with the Water Spirit in the background. Both the passenger and the crew member (who wishes to remain anonymous) described the disabled vessel as a fishing boat.
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Photo/video credit: anonymous crew member / @RodRaphael twitter page.