Heartfelt thanks

Wednesday 24th December 2008, 3:00PM GMT.

From Philip Sturgess, Consul for Sweden in the Channel Islands.
I HAVE been asked by the owners, captain, crew and trainees of the Swedish sail training ship Alva, which so nearly sunk and was so dramatically saved off the Minquiers on the weekend of 4–5 October in that terrible storm, to give heartfelt thanks and wish all those brave souls who took part in her rescue and indeed all in the Channel Islands a very happy Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.
9 Esplanade,
St Helier.