This is so cool!

A modern sailboat loses its rudder at sea. They send out a distress call and...

"They did not expect an 18th century merchant ship to come to their rescue. Or in their own words: 'This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?'" 😳
https://www.gotheborg.se/en/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg | Götheborg of Sweden

Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

Götheborg of Sweden
@elaterite Good find! Now there's a story idea. The Flying Dutchman, except helping people out and then vanishing. Good find!