One 46 year old man was injured as a sport cruiser of eleven meters in length went ablaze just over one nautical mile off the coast of Delimara, to the South of Malta at around 11:45 of Wednesday sixth November. The call of distress was answered by the Armed Forces of Malta and the Civil Protection Department as officials found the man in the water, as he jumped off the boat as it went ablaze. Officials pulled the man out of the water and onto a rescue boat, and took him to the shore, as he was given first aid, and then rushed to Mater Dei Hospital, as he suffered serious injuries from the boat's blaze. A magisterial inquiry and police investigations are ongoing as to what lead to the boat fire.
Ultimately the 46 year old man did not make it, and succumbed to the grievous burn injuries on Monday eighteen November.
The sport cruiser in this fire is a Squalo 38 H as designed by Franco Harraurer, and produced from 1982 till 1987. Squalo which English translates to Shark was founded in 1977 by four ship wrights in Naples, building fast and seaworthy cruisers, first in lamellar wood and from 1981 in fiberglass. Closing its door in 1993, Squalo produced eight models from 28 to 43 foot and including three versions of the wooden 36 in its life time.
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