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Student endures ordeal at sea: Camilla Berens describes how a shipwreck scuppered one woman's CIMA studies.

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AuthorBerens, Camilla
PositionNews Round-Up - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

CIMA student Stephanie Preux hit the national headlines recently after she survived a week adrift in the Atlantic. Among the personal items that she lost when her newly bought converted trawler sank off the coast of Ireland were her revision notes and textbooks.

Although Preux was still recovering from her harrowing experience when she spoke to FM, the French air traffic controller has already resumed her studies with the aim of starting her managerial level exams next May.

Preux and four companions set off from the west coast of Ireland at the beginning of September. The voyage was the realisation of a dream for her and partner David Faulkner, who'd planned to take the boat back to France and set up home on it. The first two days of the trip passed without incident and Preux even found time to revise. "I thought it would be a good opportunity to do some work on the journey home," she said.

But the crew were forced to abandon ship after the 60ft ketch Inis Mil started to take on water and its bilge pumps failed. Hopes of an early rescue were dashed when their liferaft was hit by a severe storm lasting three days. Faulker later said the experience was like "being in a elevator on a yo-yo".

The situation deteriorated when...

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