A seventeen meter Fairline sport yacht with two persons onboard ended beached and aground at Playa Norte to the North-West of Isla Mujeres, Cancun, Mexico on the New Years eve afternoon of 31st December. According to news the yacht ended aground due to an error by its helmsman. The yacht was reported to have been bare-boat charter, meaning without a captain, with the charterer helming the yacht. Following the accident it was found that this charterer did not posses a valid yacht master licence. An operation to remove the yacht is ongoing.
The yacht in this accident is a Fairline 58 Targa GT as designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 2010 to 2012. The Targa 58 GT was a replacement to the Targa 64 Gran Turismo, with the model evolving and replaced by the Fairline Targa 62 GT.
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