A fourteen meter Prestige power catamaran was saved from sinking after it collided into the North Jetty of Barnegat Inlet, in New Jersey on the afternoon of Wednesday fifteen July. TowBoatUS Barnegat Light and Beach Haven who shared the story on its Facebook page responded to the accident with two vessels, and managed to keep the vessel floating by deploying multiple pumps. Following this TowBoatUS towed the vessel to Barnegat Bay Marina for an emergency haulout. The cause of the accident is not reported, with the vessel damaging its shafts and propeller and surround area.
The power catamaran in this accident is a Prestige M48 as designed by Garroni and Philippe Briand and produced since 2022. The M48 debuted Prestige catamaran line which today features four models from fourteen to nineteen meters.
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