A seventeen meter Princess Yacht with two persons onboard partly sank near Sanguinaires, Ajaccio to the West of Ajaccio in Corsica on 14:30 of Sunday twelfth July. SNSM station of Ajaccio who reported the accident on its Facebook page, after saving the two boaters started an operation to save the yacht with three pumps, with this resulting not successful, as the yacht was then towed and grounded at La Parata, before initiating a second towing to the shipyard to Charles Ornano, where it was lifted and salvaged. The yacht part sank as it struck a fishing net, which pulled out its shaft and opened a water entry.
The yacht in this accident is a Princess 57 as designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 2003 to 2006. The 57 was a replacement to the 56 and was replaced by the second generation Princess 58.
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