Flybridge Yacht with Nine People Burns Down in Gorgona

A sixteen meter flybridge yacht with nine persons onboard, six adults and three kids burned down to the South of Gorgona island, in the North Tyrennian sea on 13:00 hours of tenth August. The nine persons departed Marina di Pisa direction Capraia island for the weekend when half way into the trip the flybridge yacht went ablaze.  The helmsman of the yacht called for assistance and put himself and the guests onboard the life-raft, before then being assisted by the Italian Guardia Costeria boat and a fire fighters rib.  No success in turning off the fire with the flybridge yacht wreck sinking at about 14:30 hours in a depth of about 135 meters.  No fuel and oil sea pollution was reported from the fire and sinking.

This fire wrecked flybridge yacht was a Raffaelli 52 Maestrale as designed by Nuvolari Lenard and produced from 1995 till 2010 in over one hundred units.  The 52 Maestrale was the only collaboration with the Venice design studio by Raffaelli.  The 52 Maestrale was a replacement to the Ouragan mt. 15.50, and was never really replaced, as Raffaelli went in financial difficulties in 2010.  Raffaelli presented a Maestrale 56 project some years ago which never materialized.