12 Persons Saved as Sunseeker Yacht Partially Sinks In Jones Inlet

Twelve persons and two dogs were saved as a seventeen meter Sunseeker sport yacht started sinking at Jones Inlet, Freeport, New York on an accident which happened on 15:40 of Saturday 27 July.  The coast guard was on the scene first rescuing the passengers and dogs first, with Sea Tow coming later to safe the yacht from sinking.  According to unconfirmed news it is believed the Sunseeker yacht hit the buoy chain at the inlet, with marker number nine also finishing beached some days ago. 

The Sunseeker yacht in this sinking is a Predator 56 model, as designed by Don Shead and produced from 1999 till 2002.  The Predator 56 first debuted as an open with the hard-top model coming some months later with the same hull also used for the flybridge Manhattan 56.  The Predator 56 came out as replacement to the Predator 54 and was replaced by the Portofino 53.