Five People Saved After Boat Collides in Lake Superior Break Wall

Five people where saved after a ten meter Carver aft cabin flybridge cruiser titled The Lost Anchor collided into the Minnesota side break wall in Lake Superior and sank on 22:50 hours of Tuesday ninth August 2022.  The Duluth Fire Department and St. Louis County Rescue responded to the call to save the five persons and one dog.  With the collision the Carver cruiser opened a hull breach and started sinking and was ultimately beached on the rocks inside the break wall. The Carver cruiser was salvaged with a crane the following day.

The Carver cruiser in this break wall collision is a 36 Aft Cabin as produced from 1990 to 92.  The Carver 36 Aft Cabin came out as replacement to the eight year produced 3607 Aft Cabin, evolving with little design improvements into the 370 Aft Cabin in 1993, and then replaced by the 355 Motor Yacht with sloop stern in the fall of 1995.  Medium sized aft cabin cruisers was a successful segment for Carver in the eighties and nineties.

Sport Cruiser Burns in Ponza

A sport cruiser of fourteen meters with five persons aboard went ablaze in front of the Fronzone beach in the Island of Ponza on Saturday, thirty July at around 1530 hours.  Immediate the reaction of the persons onboard who jumped in the sea, and also that of the Ponza Coast Guard who came with two vessels to turn off the fire.  Later two more fast hydrofoil ships; m/v Agostino Lauro and Sorrento Jet came helping the Coast Guard to turn off the fire.  The sport cruiser later sank in seven meter deep water, only for it to be refloated again on Sunday morning.  The fourteen meter sport cruiser was in bare boat charter, with all the persons onboard reported uninjured in the accident.

The sport cruiser in this fire is a Fiart 4 Seven Genius, launched in 2008 to much acclaim also winning Boat of the Year in that year.  The 4 Seven Genius evolved Fiart design as started with the 38 in 2005. adding the integration of an open design hard-top to the sweeping lines.  The 4 Seven offered a family interior layout of three double cabins and the usual Fiat large flash cockpit deck.  The 4 Seven Genius evolved into the 47 in 2018,  the same boat with new hull glazing and engine room air intake design. 

Sport Cruiser Fire in Sorrento

A sport cruiser went on fire in Piano di Sorrento while moored in its berth at around 0830 hours of Friday 22 July.  Upon seeing fire coming from the sport cruiser the marina personnel towed it out from its mooring, while the ferry ships Freecia D'Argento and Blitz helped in extinguishing the fire immediately.  No injuries are reported as no one was onboard at the time of the fire, which is suspected to have originated from a short circuit.

Some minutes later to this fire on the same morning, a super sport yacht of 27 meters also went on fire about three nautical miles away from this incident, making the news confusing. 

The sport cruiser in this fire is a Chaparral Signature 24 produced from 1993 till 1997.  As many US sport cruiser of the time the Chaparral Signature 24 was single 240 to 270hp Mercruiser engine powered and offered an open interior layout sleeping four in a two plus two layout.  The 24 was replaced by the more spacious and higher freeboard 240 Signature in 1998.

Sport Cruiser on Fire in Agropoli

Barone Zaza was the name of a twelve meter sport cruiser which went ablaze on the night of seventeen July around 2300 hours at Agropoli, to the South of Salerno.  At the time of the fire the sport cruiser was found strangely out of its mooring and with the owner who with a tender went to retrieve it finding a fire onboard.  At this time the owner towed the sport cruiser to the old wharf of the harbor of Agropoli, and called the Agropoli Coast Guard for assistance who with a fire fighting crew switched off the flames.  Suspect of a malicious fire is being raised in this accident since the owner has declared after the incident, that before he left she was safely moored and all battery switches where turned off, which from the initial investigations does not seem the case.  

Barone Zaza is a Gari Freeway 43 from 1986 with a lot of modifications going it over the years from the addition of a radar arch, to a hard-top and a recent addition of a railing.  Designed by Enzo Ferro, the Gari Freeway 43 was a sportier version of the more cabin spacious Super Shaitang 43, with a standard interior of one cabin sleeping two plus two.  The Gari Freeway 43 featured a 24 degrees pure deep Vee hull shape, and with the big twin Haf 406hp engines and Levi drive units option reached speeds up to fifty knots.  Gari or Gariplast or Cantieri dell Garigliano was a boat builder from Latina South of Rome founded in late seventies, which had a commercial success in the eighties but went slowly declining in the nineties and closed its doors in around the 2000s.

Powerboat with Four People Capsizes in South Haven

A nine meter powerboat with four persons onboard, started to sink and later capsized at the entrance which connects Lake Michigan to Black River, in South Haven, Michigan on 18:55 hours of July nine.  According to witnesses the powerboat entered the channel stalled and semi-sunk, with four persons onboard ending in the water as the boat raised its bow before it capsized and sank. The four persons where assisted by a nearby boater who threw life jackets, and then took rescued three people out of the water and onboard, with a fourth being helped out by people from the jetty.  The four people were uninjured. Van Buren County Sheriff Marine Police and South Haven Area Emergency Services responded to the sinking. A salvage operation has been organized to recover the powerboat.

The powerboat in this capsizing looks to be a Wellcraft Scarab 30 Panther which was produced in around the mid eighties.

Flybridge Cruiser Burns in Lavagna

A Ferretti flybridge cruiser of twelve meters in length went ablaze while in its mooring in Lavagna marina, to the South East of Genova in Italy at around 1430 hours of 22 January.  A fast call and immediate moving to the Ferretti cruiser from its berth to the under wing of the Eastern Lavagna marina break water caused no damage to any other boats.  With four fire fighting squads, including additional teams from nearby Chiavari and Santa Margherita saved the Ferretti cruiser from going total ablaze and becoming a total loss, with pump assistance saving it from sinking.  The cause of the fire is not reported.

This Ferretti model is the 39 Altura launched in 1989 and produced till 1993 to a design by Antocio Pusceddu, Ferretti first generation designer.  Replacing the 40 Altura which launched in 1986, the Ferretti 39 Altura came on the hull lines of the 40 Roadster an innovative fully enclosed hard-top cruiser which launched a year before in 1988, and was replaced by the 120 Fly in 1993.  The Ferretti 39 Fly featured a standard two cabin interior layout, with an optional three cabin version moving the galley on the main deck, and was powered by twin Cats 380hp, with 1992 or later versions being possible to option with the larger 420hp engines.  A total of 71 hulls are reported to have sold of the Ferretti 39 Fly and 40 Roadster units in a five year production run.  

Cranchi Cruiser Burns in Malta

A Cranchi sport cruiser of eight meters in length, had a fire onboard while in its mooring at Msida Creek marina in Malta at around 2100 hours of 26 October.  The Maltese Civil Protection and fire fighting squad along with the marina personal of Creek marina immediately moved the sport cruiser to avoid further damage to neighbour boats.  Due to the quick response the fire was controlled and avoided the Cranchi sport cruiser from total burning and sinking.  

The Cranchi in the accident is a Perla 25 model, produced from 1999 till 2002 and designed by Andreani. A sport cruiser of eight meters in size, the Cranchi Perla offered accommodation of four berths, including a shower head and galley, and was powered by twin Volvo 225hp gas petrol engines with stern drives or diesel in single 230hp or twin 110hp power.  The Cranchi Perla 25 was in 2003 with the addition of an extended bathing platform renamed as Zaffiro 28 and produced till 2009.   

One Person Injured as Sport Cruiser Burns in Policastro

An eight meter Rio sport cruiser went on fire while berthed in a Marina in Policastro on the late morning of  twentieth August.  The cause of the accident are unknown but one of the Marina guys who got hold of the sport cruiser and took it off harbour to avoid further damage to other nearby boats was seriously injured with 30% of burns to his body.  Policastro located in the South of Italy, further South of Salerno, features some nice cruising areas.  

The sport cruiser in this fire accident is a Rio 850 Cruiser produced from 2000 till 2007.  The Rio 850 Cruiser offered a classic layout for a sport cruiser of this size sleeping four, double Vee berth forward, galley and head, and a midships cabin.  The Rio 850 Cruiser was powered by twin gas engines of 220hp or single diesel 300hp.  Propulsion was always stern drive.

Fairline Sport Cruiser Sinking in Poole

A Fairline Targa sport cruiser named Hayley with a couple onboard was recued in Poole, Sandbanks in the South of England while it started to take on water and sinking on the 21st July.  The circumstances of the accident are yet unknown, but rumours are calling for a stern drive failure.  The couple where rescued by the British RNLI coast guard, who after recusing the two persons and taking them to safety at the nearby Parkstone Yacht Club, cleared the sport cruiser from eventual pollution.  This same Fairline Targa apparently also hit the Weymouth Town Bridge in 2020 with a video showing the accident going viral on social media.

The Targa 40 is a popular sport cruiser model from Fairline produced from 2000 till 2007 in 299 units, which makes it the second most sold Targa model.  Designed as all Fairline's from the eighties till 2012 by Bernard Olesinski she was at the time of lunch one of the few sport cruisers to have a tender garage layout in a twelve meter size. The Targa 40 offered an interior with two double cabins, and convertible dinette and galley.  Power came from twin Volvo 260hp year 2000, with engines which became bigger as Volvo offered more powerful diesel stern drives.  Largest engine choice was for the 2006 and 07 offered twin 370hp taking speeds at about forty knots.  The Targa 40 was based on the hull of the 1993 launched Targa 38/39, and was replaced with the 2006 launched Targa 38 which also used the same hull.

Pershing Sport Cruiser Sinks near Capri

An eleven meter Pershing sport cruiser partially sank in the afternoon of 27 June, in the island of Capri, near the Faraglioni, the two pointed rocks used in various movie and advertising scenes symbol of the famous island.  The three guests onboard the Pershing sport cruiser called a MayDay after seeing they where taking on water.  The guests where rescued by a neighbouring boat in the area.  The local coast guard gave immediate assistance while the boat was re-floated some hours later.  

The Pershing 37 was presented in year 2000 and produced till 2006 and was for that time the entry level for the Italian brand.  Designed as all Pershing models by Fulvio de Simoni, the 37 replaced the 38/39 model with a sleeker exterior and less accommodating interior to her predecessor. The Pershing 37 offered four berths interior and was offered with two lower deck layouts; standard open layout, and optional Cabin version with enclosed forward cabin, L-shaped saloon, and a midships open double berth. The Pershing 37 was powered by twin Cats 355hp, with 2004 onward having Yanmar 370hp engines with shaft propulsion and reaching top speeds above the mid thirties.  A special one off with the same hull but no radar arch called Pershing 38 Endurance with twin Cats 420hp and Arneson surface drives was produced in 2000 and also competed in the Venezia to Monte Carlo race.  This 38 Endurance was for a time the Pershing founder and previous boss Tilli Antonelli personal boat.       

Motor Cruiser Burns Down in Trapani

A ten meter motor cruiser with thirteen persons onboard caught fire while being on charter on the morning of twelfth June.  The ten meter Italian build ArsMare cruiser was on charter duty navigating in Sicily to the South West of Trapani,  near the island of Formica when fire started coming out of the engine room.  A call for assistance was made, with military and Coast Guard responding immediately and taking to safety the thirteen passengers including of which where three kids.  With fire alarm on, the Italian Finance Police and Fire Fighters Squad went to the rescue of the motor cruiser, with little success and the boat succumbing to the flames and ultimately sinking.  The ten meter ArsMare cruiser was chartered for an excursion to the popular Egadi islands, which never happened.

The boat in the fire is an RS 31, a ten meter motor cruiser from ArsMare, an Italian boat builder which grew to fame in the late eighties and nineties with its medium sized fisherman cruisers.  The RS 31 was was one of ArsMare most popular models for its cruise comfortable interior accommodation and a free aft deck ideal for fishing.  The ArsMare RS 31 offered an interior for two cabins sleeping four below deck, plus extra two berths in a convertible dinette on the main deck.  The Ars RS 31 was shaft propelled and powered by twin Iveco Aifo 220hp, and 240hp.  The RS 31 was replaced by the more sportfish focused RS 33 ST in 1996.  ArsMare was located in Livorno, and was co-founded by Luigi Prosperi, who is also known for having managed Mochi Craft from 1990 to 1996, and founded Cayman Yachts in 1990.  ArsMare was sold to the Monaco Marine Group in the late nineties, changing the name to Ars Monaco after the sale.

Sportfish Boat With Migrants Beaches in Boynton Beach Florida

A twelve meter sportfish cruiser coming from Haiti with thirty migrants onboard ended aground and partly sank in Boynton Beach, Florida on the morning of third May. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and Gulf Stream Police Department detained all thirty individuals, keeping them in federal custody. The sportfish was reported leaking fuel, and was cleaned from all contaminations on Thursday sixth, and then salvaged by TowBoatU.S Fort Lauderdale on Saturday eight May.  It is not reported if the sportfish cruiser was stolen. 

The sportfish cruiser in this sinking is a first generation Post 42 Sport Fisherman.  Introduced in the fall of 1974 and produced till 1983, Post produced 230 units of the 42 Sport Fisherman, making it's best sold model to date.  The Post 42 Sport Fisherman was replaced by the 43 in 1984, with a second generation 42 coming in 1997.

Hurricane Sally

Hurricane Sally is the seventh hurricane of 2020, and the eighteenth named storm.  Sally formed as a Tropical storm on the Bahamas on September 10, and on September 14 it was classified as a Category One hurricane and in the evening reached Category Two, only to be declassified back to C1 a few hours later.  On September 16 and upon reaching Alabama state Sally surprisingly reached again Category Two.  Sally destructive power was centred between the areas of Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. With Orange County just in the middle of this area being one of the worst hit, damaging hundred of all types of boats and yachts.  Hurricane Sally killed two persons with one missing, and the damages caused are estimated to be of at least five billion US$.  Sally is the first hurricane to have arrived in Alabama, since Ivan in 2004.  Sally landing coincided exactly sixteen years later on the same day.  Hurricane Sally ended on 18 September.

Sport Cruiser Runs Aground in Kingsville

A nine meter sport cruiser with three people onboard started sinking in Lake Erie, near Kingsville, Ontario, on Sunday sixth September 2020.  The sport cruiser was cruising from Put-in-Bay to Vermillion, Ohio when into it's trip and running about two hundred meters offshore was pushed aground, and later partly sank, listing to its starboard side.  A call for assistance was made but the Coast Guard could not find the vessel with ultimately being the Kingsville Fire Department who rescued the occupants, with two of them needing treatment for undisclosed injuries.  The cause of the grounding are not reported with the boat being salvaged on Monday seventh September.

The boat in this grounding is a Canadian build Doral Prestancia 32, produced from 2006 to 12.  The Prestancia 32 followed leaner and sportier lines the Canadian boat builder started to introduce in noughties.  The Prestancia 32 came out as an evolution of the Prestancia 28, and ceased production when Doral went out of business in 2012.

Sport Cruiser Explosion in Ponza

On the early afternoon at around 1400 hours of 26th August a gas powered Sport Cruiser exploded while taking on fuel in the Island of Ponza, and eventually burned up and sank. With three persons onboard, a couple and a daughter this was an avoided tragedy.  The fire started from an explosion in the engine compartment, which shot the daughter and mother in the sea, while the boat was refuelling at the Ponza Mare fuel station.  The man onboard who was in the cabin, shock jumped in the water just seconds after the explosion. The immediate operation of the Coast Guard was important to control the fire and move the boat away which had the Carloforte car ferry of company LazioMar some meters away at the time of the explosion.  The DMD Sea Service of Ponza eventually towed away the boat away from the Ponza harbour and let it burn down offshore.

The boat in the accident is a Mano 26.50 Cruiser of about eight meters in length, which offers an accommodation of four berths in a two plus two layout.  The Mano 26.50 Cruiser was standard powered by twin petrol gas engines of 150hp, but had various power options from a single 350hp in gas petrol up to twin 170hp diesel engines.  The boat in the accident had twin gas engines.

Two Rescued from Sinking Sportfish Off Florida

Two people where rescued after a ten meters in length express sportfish cruiser titled m/y Last Lap started sinking two miles West of Bean Point, Florida, on the afternoon of Sunday ninth August.  Coast Guard sector Saint Petersburg responded to the notification of the sportfish cruiser taking water, dispatching the Cortez 45 foot Response-Boat Medium, with assistance by Manatee County Sheriff Office marine section, who then transferred the two boaters from the sinking vessel.  Reason for the sinking were not reported with a salvage operation for the sportfish cruiser being organized and under way.

This ten meter express sportfish is a second generation Cabo 35 Express from 2001.  The Cabo 35 Express debuted in 1994 to a design of Lou Codega, with the model evolving into the second generation as redesigned by Michael Peters in 2001, and then produced till 2009 when the California based medium-sized sportfish specialist replaced it with the 36 Express model.

Formula Sport Cruiser Hits Jetty and Sinks

A thirteen meter Formula sport cruiser with four persons onboard partly sank at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey on eight August 2020.  The Formula cruiser was reported as running over the jetty, at high tide, which makes it invisible to the naked eye.  The four persons on the Formula cruiser where immediately assisted by two nearby boats who saw the boat sinking, and loaded them onboard to safety, as the stern started going down indicating that probably the Formula hit its running gear.  Following this TowboatU.S. and the Coast Guard where quickly on the scene working a way to salvage the cruiser.

The Formula in this sinking is a second generation 45 Yacht as introduced in 2015. The second generation 45 Yacht is recognizable by the extended hard-top, and was also offered with a patio door main deck option, and Volvo 435hp with IPS pods as standard.  The Formula 45 Yacht came out in 2007 as a replacement to the 48 Yacht, and was produced till 2019.

Three Sport Cruisers Destroyed at Key Biscayne Marina

A fire that broke out at Key Biscayne Marina in Miami on Thursday morning May 21 at 10:30 AM, totaled three sports cruisers and damaged six other boats.  A Miami Fire Rescue Boat was first coming to control the fire which then got help from a total of fifty fire fighters.  The Fire Rescue Boat fighting the fire from the sea made the extinguishing operation faster and more effective.  Fortunately no one was injured in the time of the fire as no one was onboard on any of the boats. 

The totaled three boats where a Vandutch 54 which was the boat which started the fire, a Cobalt 46, and a Sea Ray 410 Sundancer.

Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane season has arrived and it seems to have started with a blast.  Dorian was the first major hurricane of 2019, and started to form in August 24 first as Tropical storm, and then moving to Lesser Antilles in August 28 and developing as a hurricane.  On August 31 Dorian became category four, and the day after it reached category five, reaching sustained winds of 185 mph, and a low pressure of 910 millibars.  After reaching category five Dorian slowed down not little remaining nearly stationery on Abaco Islands and the Grand Bahamas island from September 1 to 3, causing extensive damage to the islands, with the high sustained winds, storm surge, and heavy rain fall.  At least thirty people are reported to be death by the havoc of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, with thousands of homes destroyed.  Reports are also saying that every single marina in the Grand Bahamas has been destroyed.  Dorian is now directed to Florida though the hurricane has decreased to a Category two.

Monday 29 October 2018 Carlo Riva Port, Rapallo

What a sad devastating day Monday 29 October turned out to be for yacht lovers all over the World.  Sometimes an image can say a thousand words, and the before and after photo says it all.  Rapallo city Carlo Riva Marina turned into a boat and yacht grave yard of all type and sizes.  Marina Carlo Riva PowerYachtBlog is with you and I am sure that you will rise stronger and more beautiful from the devastation!