Sport Cruiser and Fishing Boat Collide Near Viareggio, Italy

A sport cruiser of twelve meters in length with ten persons and a five meter fishing boat with two persons onboard collided just one nautical mile outside of the Viareggio harbour, Central West, Tyrrhenian sea side of Italy on the morning of Saturday ninth August.  The big sport cruiser collided into the starboard side of the outboard powered five meter fishing boat, with the two persons onboard the smaller vessel jumping in the water before the collision.  The Port Captaincy of Viareggio, Guardia Costiera, and Vigili del Fuoco tended to the accident, retrieving the two uninjured persons from the water, and then saving the smaller boat, first by emptying the gas from the fuel tank to avoid the risk of fire and then towing it to Viareggio harbour and lifting it up from the water to safe it from sinking.  The cause of the incident is under investigation, with the bigger cruiser reported to be going up North to Porto Venere.  The big cruiser sustained minor cosmetic damage, while the small fish boat suffering important damage to its starboard side.

The sport cruiser in this collision is a Caliari Yacht Coanda 42 as produced from 1988 to 1992.  Caliari Yachts was founded by yacht designer Paolo Caliari, operating from 1985 till 1992 and producing yachts from ten to 24 meters.  Coanda was the sporty name of Caliari Yachts producing two models, a 54 which arrived in 1985 and this 42.