Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA News) - A member of the West Sumatra association of windsurfing yachts said it had 10 tourists on board, including nine Australians and a Japanese, and a crew, was reported lost following the quake and tsunami, but sent a signal at 8.29 pm.
"We contacted the crew of the yacht `Southern Cross` at 8.29 pm, and everybody was safe," the association`s chairman Aim Zein said in Padang Tuesday night.
According to him, the tourists on "Southern Cross" said when they learnt about the 7.2-magnitude quake, they decided to head to the high seas.
But later they lost contact, which they managed to restore only on Tuesday, at 8.29 pm West Indonesia Time (WIB).
Following the report, he said, the Southern Cross departed from Mentawai-Padang, and in the small hours of Wednesday Oct 27 would reach Bungus Port in Padang.
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