One Injured as Sportfish Runs Aground in Fire Island, New York

A seventeen meter Ocean Yachts sportfish yacht was filmed as it ran aground in the morning of eighteen July, in Fire Island, off the New York state in the Atlantic Ocean.  One of the crew, which was the passenger staying at the aft of the boat was injured and according to reports had to be taken to hospital.  The sportfish was in a delivery trip by a professional captain who from some unconfirmed news was reported as falling asleep at the time of the accident, with the sportfish yacht on the autopilot ending up beached at a speed of around twenty knots.  The extent of the damage has not been reported.

The sportfish yacht in this accident is an Ocean Yachts 56 Super Sport as produced from 1999 to 2002.  The 56 Super Sport was a replacement to the 53 Super Sport, and was replaced by the Ocean Yachts 57 Super Sport.