Passengers aboard the reef tour vessel Cool Runnings were spared the worst fate after the vessel, which was chartered for a boat ride, sank on No Man’s Land in Tobago on Saturday night.

The passengers, however, were rescued by other craft operators and taken to shore. Some said they were told to balance the boat to prevent it from going under.

Efforts to contact Cool Runnings’ manager Ronny Elliott were unsuccessful. However contacted for comment yesterday, president of the Store Bay Reef Tour Association, Michael Frank, told the Express that the vessel had recently undergone repairs. “I know the day before the boat went down they were actually repairing, fixing things,” Frank said.