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 11:00 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 Mk.I as designed by Don Shead and John Braithwaithe and produced from 1999 to 2002.  The Sunseeker 64 Manhattan came out as a replacement to the 62 Manhattan and evolved into the Mk.II version with a revised stern featuring an up-down bathing platform and big hull windows serving the owners stateroom.