Four Saved as Ferretti Yacht Ends Wrecked in Elafonisos, Greek Island

Four Greek mariners were saved as a thirty meter Ferretti super yacht named H and Co and under French flag ended aground and then wrecked off the cape of Agia Marina, to the South of Peloponnese on the afternoon of Wednesday eleventh February.  Following a may day call the four mariners; three man and a woman were rescued by three local fishermen first, as the Greek coast guard dispatched three patrol boats and an Air Force Super Puma helicopter to assist the mariners.  According to reports the yacht which was being delivered from the South of France last departed Tunisia direction to Piraeus, encountered difficulties off the island of Elafonisos as it ran into a thunder storm with heavy rain, and south-west Beaufort force eight gale winds with over forty knots winds.  The yacht then ended without power and ultimately aground, and following this was then wrecked as it kept on being smashed on the rocks by waves of seven meters in height.  The four sailors are reported not injured but were taken to Molaoi hospital for a medical check.  No pollution is reported from the wreckage even though the yacht is reported to be carrying about six thousand litres of diesel fuel.  

The yacht in this accident is a 2022 Ferretti 1000 as deigned by Filippo Salvetti for exterior and Ideaeitalia for interiors and produced since 2021 to date in 26 units.  The 1000 was a replacement to the Ferretti 960.