We thought it was worth doing a small vlog just on this because we were on the 415 ferry from Athens to Agina. The ferry was called Agios Nectarius. 10 miles out and about halfway along our journey we heard some screaming. Then we realised that there was a person in the water. It's very difficult to see someone that see they can get easily lost and if they start going under the water then you can lose sight of them. The first thing that we did was we all pointed at the person and then we made sure that the captain knew that there was somebody in the water. The ferry, obviously because it's such a big ferry, it was travelling at quite a high speed and it takes a while to slow down and the turning circle is quite large. There's a man in the water. Our ferry is turned round to go in and see if he's alright. As we got closer to the person we realised that it was a woman. It seemed strange that there was someone in the water so far out. It wasn't anywhere near a beach and we didn't see a boat searching for someone. It was a major shipping channel so maybe she came off a large ship. As the ferry that we were on got closer to her. They threw a life-ring in. The life-ring didn't reach her at first so they prepared to throw it again and this time the life-ring got closer so she was able to swim over to it. As somebody was pulling her in on the life-ring they lowered a couple of rope ladders. Such a large ship they didn't reach the water's surface exactly. One of the crew members climbed down the ladder and tried to help her get onto the ladder but she didn't have enough energy or strength. She was unable to get onto the ladder to climb up it. The woman was conscious, she looked pale. I think as the boat maybe was lifting up and down the swell it created an effect where she was kind of getting sucked down a little bit. So when the crew realised that she was unable to get onto the ladder a high speed boat arrived to provide assistance but this boat had quite high sides to it. Eventually they had a plan that they were going to lower the ramp as that would make it easier to get her into the ferry. So a crew member jumped into the water and he pulled her around while she was in the life-ring round to the after part of the ferry. A group of crew members managed to hoister onto the ramp. It was difficult to get her out of the water even onto the ramp because the ferry was still going up and down slightly with the swell and she didn't seem to have any energy so it really was a case of them using all their strength to pull her onto the ferry. When she was finally dragged onto the ramp she didn't seem to have any energy, she wasn't able to get up. I didn't know if anyone was able to do any first aid. So I remained close to the casualty just in case they required any assistance. So I just observed and I noticed that she was breathing and she was able to talk. They did put her into a recovery position. I noticed that she was vomiting, she seemed very cold, she was able to speak. My main concerns were how her condition might deteriorate after rescue. The woman was transferred onto the red high speed powerboat that had been standing by. The other thing is an ventilation barrier, right? Is it over new? Yes, it is. They're trying to get to the ferry ghost coast guard. I think their plan was to transfer to the coast guard boat that also arrived. They probably decided that it was unsafe because there was some swell. I was also concerned about how her condition might deteriorate after she was put onto the high speedboat and who was going to in the carpe. When the woman was transferred onto the high speed boat and we continued on our journey. Someone discovered there was someone in the water, a person in the water. We all started shouting and pointing and someone ran up to tell the skipper. They turned the ferry round and managed to eventually get her into the boat. There was a lot of difficulty because she was in the water for a while. She had no energy left. She was cold and the latter didn't go right into the water. She couldn't have the strength to even pull herself up. They brought her around and someone died with her and took her round the back. She was with the ramp that gets the boat in and they managed to get her on there. They dragged her in and then she was conscious and she was able to talk. I think they got her details. They decided to move her to another boat and then they'd whisk her back. It's a hot tour hopefully. I think they're pretty good at helping to get her. I hope she's all right. We don't actually know what happened to the women afterwards. We hope that she was okay. There wasn't anything in the media. It was quite troubling to see someone like that in the water. But we also learnt a lot from that experience. The main thing was really how difficult it is to get someone back onto a boat. This was a very large boat but it would be difficult on any boat really. We all know that. We've learnt that but actually to see it and to see how long she was in the water before they managed to get her back on board. Also that someone had to jump in and put their own life at risk. This is also a major re-evaluate the equipment that we have or don't have on our boats for recovering someone who falls overboard. What kind of hoist you might use to put around someone whereabouts on the boat you might bring them up. Even if they were conscious they might not have the energy to climb up a ladder. We're sorry if this vlog was a little bit serious but we wanted to share it hoping that it would be a valuable learning experience for everyone. you