Sport Cruiser Saved by Guardia di Finanza Near Palmaria

 A thirteen meter Atlantis sport cruiser titled m/y Hola with seven persons onboard, three of which small children was saved from ending on the rocks in Palmaria Island near La Spezia, on the afternoon of Sunday thirtieth June.  The near accident to the sport cruiser happened as it ended powerless during its navigation and close to finishing on the rocks aground near Palmaria island, when it called a Mayday on channel sixteen, with the Guardia di Finanza of La Spezia section responding immediately to the call with V.2070 patrol boat.  At first the Guardia di Finanza secured the boat to safety, then they calmed its passengers, and later towed the sport cruiser to its home berth six nautical miles to the East in Bocca di Magra.

The sport cruiser in this saving is an Atlantis Gobbi 425 SC as produced from 2001 to 2009.  The 425 SC was designed in house by the Gobbi design team before the company was sold to the Azimut-Benetti Group in the fall of 2001.  The 425 SC was added with HT hard-top option in 2008, with the model replaced by the Salvetti and Biaggi designed Atlantis 44 in the fall of 2010.