A twenty meter Azimut flybridge yacht titled m/y Do This with seven persons onboard went on fire in front of the Kumanat district in Biograd, Croatia at about 09:45 hours of Sunday 27 June. Do This was reportedly cruising in the area at about twenty knots, when the yacht suddenly slowed down to eleven knots, and smoke started coming from the engine room. At this stage the captain stopped the yacht and upon inspecting the engine room found it fuming. Seeing this the captain tried to extinguish the fire, and after various tries with no success called a may-day, and abandoned ship helped by two nearby Slovenian and Austrian yachts. Later on at about 11:00 hours the fire was extinguished by a fire fighting boat which arrived from Zadar, although the yacht was totalled and burned to the waterline. No one was injured or intoxicated in the yacht fire, with this making a lot of news because former Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache and his family where onboard the yacht. The yacht or what remained of it was salvaged by Zadar company Emergensea, who then took the wreck to Lamjana shipyard on the island of Ugljan.
M/y Do This is an Azimut 68 Plus as designed by Stefano Righini, and produced from 1999 to 2004. This 68 Plus re-invented and dominated the twenty meter segment thanks to its modern looks, and accommodation layout becoming an instant commercial success. The Azimut 68 Plus came out as a replacement to the 70 Sea Jet, with the model evolving into the 68 Evolution with a new stern and hull windows and then produced till 2008. A total of 150 Azimut 68 Plus and 68 Evolution were sold.
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