We are having a bit of excitement today: a medical evacuation by US Coast Guard helicopter. A seriously ill patient was removed at 2pm our time. The original time was 10:30am but the wind (43km) made that impossible so there was a delay

We are about half way up the Baha Peninsula (looking at the TV map). The man is being flown to a hospital in San Diego where his family is waiting for him – his wife was not able to accompany him on the helicopter but we get to LA tomorrow morning so I assume she will go there asap.

The evacuation took place from deck 12 (it would have to be in front of the superstructure), all the deck furniture is being removed from that deck as well as deck 11.

The helicopter hovered over the port side of the ship and the man strapped to a stretcher and winched up and flown off.

The helicopter flew 200+ miles to get to the ship and was accompanied by a refueling plane. Jamie did say at one point that he was stable so that’s good news.

Congratulations to the US Coast Guard and to all the people on board the Voyager who made this go smoothly.