Motor Yacht Sinks and Destroyed in North Corsica

An Italian flagged nineteen meter Sanlorenzo motor yacht with three persons onboard sank when hitting various reefs in the Desert Agriates, in North Corsica on the morning of seventh July.  Immediate assistance to the crew onboard the yacht came from the French coast guard Agriates 2 rib, with a ship which was in the area also helping in the operation to take the three persons to safety.  Following this the coast guard with assistance from SNSM diving crew tried to remove the vessel from the reefs with no luck, which with the strong winds and rough seas of the night and following day and the yacht stuck into between reefs destroying it into various parts.  According to initial investigation no pollution was generated from the accident.

The yacht in this accident is a Sanlorenzo 62, designed by Franco Dellarolle and produced from 1994 to 1999.  The 62 was the first Sanlorenzo with a sloop stern, followed by an improved 70 on the same year, had a soft evolution in 1997 with the central mast replaced by the integrated radar arch.  Over twenty units of the 62 where made with Sanlorenzo building only to order and about ten boats per year.  The Sanlorenzo 62 was a replacement to the 57, with the model reintroduced and redesigned as the SL62 with different stern in 2005.