Sunseeker Yacht Catches Fire at Fort Lauderdale Yacht Yard

A 2001 nineteen meter Sunseeker motor yacht went ablaze at the dry dock facility of 2200 Marina Bay Drive in Fort Lauderdale at around 1100 hours of the morning of Friday 26 July 2019.  Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue dispatched sixty fire fighters to the scene, taking them ten minutes to control the blaze and another thirty minutes to extinguish it. The Sunseeker yacht was reported as having workers onboard when the fire started, with all quickly getting off the yacht unharmed.  After the fire the yacht was deemed a total loss, as the majority of its upper structure sustained important burning damages, with a nearby smaller boat also suffering fire burn damages.   The cause of the fire are under investigation.

This 2001 Sunseeker is a 64 Manhattan model, as designed by Don Shead and John Braithwaithe.  The 64 Manhattan offered a three double cabins layout with a midships full beam owners stateroom lower deck layout, with a crew cabin for two aft.  An innovative feature and ahead of its time in the 64 Manhattan was the astern galley layout of the main deck.  Replacing the 62 Manhattan in 99 the 64 Manhattan evolved into the Mk.II version with a revised stern featuring an up-down bathing platform in 2003, and was replaced by the 66 Manhattan in 2005.