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February 13, 2025

Two Injured as Boat Crashes in Garda Lake Italy

A man and woman where injured as a seven meter sport boat collided into a rocky beach near the Tower of Benaco, in the Pozzolo area of the Garda Lake, Verona at about 08:00 morning time of Wednesday fourth September 2019.  Italian Carabinieri, Guardia Costiera, and Vigili dell Fuoco attended to the scene, as they where followed by a helicopter from the 118 squad, and two ambulance vehicles.  The 27 year old woman in yellow code was taken to a clinic in Pederazoli, while the thirty year old man was helicopter transported to a hospital in Trento.  Ultimately the cuddy cabin sport cruiser was transported to a nearby boat yard.  The cause of the accident is under investigation.
The boat in this collision is an A. Mostes Venere 23.4 as produced in the late nineties.  The Venere 23.4 was a replacement to the 24 Venere, and was replaced by the 25 Venere.

February 11, 2025

Classic Cruiser Ends Aground Near Ancona

A classic Italian eleven meter sport cruiser with four persons onboard ended aground at the Trave reef, to the South East of Ancona, Italy on the evening of fourteen August 2021.  The sport cruiser called for help on the 112 Guardia Costiera emergency number, and was rapidly assisted by the CP310 boat, which was followed by two other Vigili dell Fuoco fire fighting boats.  The Guardia Costiera rescued the four persons, and then removed the sport cruiser from the reef, as they guaranteed it's buoyancy with floating balloons and towed it at a boat yard to the nearby Marina Dorica, located to the West of Ancona's harbour.  The cause of the accident is not reported.
The sport cruiser in this accident is a Raffaelli Typhoon Middle Day 12mt as designed by its builder Renato Raffaelli and produced from 1985 to 1991.  The Raffaelli Typhoon Middle Day was a larger replacement to the Regal 35 Day and was replaced by the aft cabin Middle Day.

February 5, 2025

Owner Refuses Help as Classic Boat Ends Aground in Latisana

A classic twelve meter Italian build flybridge cruiser with one man aboard ended aground in the Lagoon of Marano, near Latisana, not so far from Aprilia Marittima to the North East of Italy at about 17:00 hours of Wednesday fifth February.  Advised of the accident the Porto Captaincy of Lignano Sabbiadoro and Vigili dell Fuoco went to the area.  But when the response squads arrived on the spot, the German owner refused the help, advising that he was in good health and will wait for high tide, for which the boat will remove itself with less damage then eventual towing.
The classic boat in this grounding is a Camuffo 40 Fly as designed by Marco Camuffo and build in wood lamellar method in the mid seventies.  Camuffo is the most long standing dynasty of boat builders having its origins since 1438, with the current Porto Gruaro near to Venice premises existing since 1843.

Two Men Saved from Burning Yacht Near Cagliari Sardinia

Two men where saved as a seventeen meter flybridge yacht had an onboard fire as it was cruising two miles off Porto Columbo, in the Gulf of Cagliari to the South of Sardinia on 14:30 hours of Wednesday fifth February.  Following the may-day call the two 55 year old Sardinian men jumped in the water and where later picked up by the Port Captaincy CP320 boat.  After this the Guardia Costiera and Vigili del Fuoco squads tended to the fire, as the yacht eventually sunk in about thirty meters of water depth.  The fire was reported to have started from the engine room, as the yacht was cruising from Portoscuso to Capitana.
The yacht in this fire is a Conam 54 Chorum a project of Giuseppe Cimino, and produced from 1994 up to 2002.  The Conam 54 Chorum was replaced by the 60 Wide Body, a direct evolution with an extended bathing platform and larger rounded port-hole windows. Cimino apart being the naval architect was also the founder and owner of Conam, which he founded in 1980 and sold in 2002 to the Gruppo Rodriguez, with Conam closing in 2010.

February 3, 2025

Prestige Yacht Crashes Into Haulover Inlet Bridge

An eighteen meter Prestige flybridge yacht collided with one of the Haulover Bridge arms, at Haulover Inlet, Miami on the afternoon of Sunday second February.  The scene was filmed by Wavy Boats, as he showed the yacht already collided with the bridge, and then as it left the scene and zooming to show its not so big damage to its midship starboard ship-side.  The reason of the collision is not reported.  This is the second collision in less to a year with Haulover Bridge, as a 32 meter Azimut super yacht collided in the same spot on 31 March 2024.
The Prestige in this accident is a 590 F as designed by Garroni and produced since 2018.  The Prestige 590 F came out as a replacement to the 560 Flybridge.

January 27, 2025

Sanlorenzo Yacht Loses Control Near La Spezia, Italy

A 31 meter Sanlorenzo super yacht lost control and ended in a mooring dock wall at La Grazie, to the South East of La Spezia, Italy after 09:00 morning time of Monday 27 January.  The Sanlorenzo yacht was reportedly moving in the harbour going into to the Valdettaro shipyard, to be dry docked for some works, when its controls malfunctioned, with the yacht crossing the bay from North West to South East uncontrolled but making way through the water before hitting the dock wall.  In the collision the Sanlorenzo also reportedly sank a small speed boat, but no injuries are reported.
The Sanlorenzo in this collision is an SL104 as designed by Francesco Paszkowski and build from 2009 till 2015 in fifteen units.  The SL104 came out as a replacement to the SL100 and was replaced by the SL106, what is a soft evolution of the same model.

January 22, 2025

One Boater Injured as Two Boats Go Ablaze in Long Island Marina

One boater was injured as two boats went ablaze in Manhasset Bay Marina, Port Washington, to the North of New York for a fire which started on 00:30 early hours of Wednesday 22 January.  The fire started on a twelve meter aft cabin cruiser style motor boat, and then jumped on a similar sized sportfish cruiser to its starboard.  The 58-year-old man which suffered from smoke inhalation was on the sportfish cruiser, and was taken to hospital.  Nassau County Fire Marshall, Arson Bomb Squad, and Marine Bureau responded to the blaze which took two hours to turn off, in freezing minus eleven degrees celsius temperatures.  The cause of the fire is not known, with the aft cabin cruiser which started the blaze being unattended.
The aft cabin cruiser which started this fire is a Marine Trader Tradewinds 43 as produced from 1987 to 1991, while the sportfish cruiser is a second generation Post 42 Sport Fisherman as produced from 1997 to 2008.

January 19, 2025

Metro Boomin Chartered Princess Yacht Wrecked by Fire in Miami

Famous hip-hop and trap music producer Metro Boomin yacht charter adventure for him and nine other guests ended in flames as the 29 meter Princess yacht m/y Monopoly he was onboard ended in flames, following it's arrival at the famous Booby Trap strip club, Miami River just after 03:00 early morning time of Sunday nineteen January.  The Princess yacht was berthed for just thirty minutes outside the famous strip club, when it started to smoke and fire alarms started going off, with the ten guests and five crew being immediately evacuated as this happened and Miami-Dade Fire rescue intervening for the blaze after 04:00 with thirty units, from land and water.  Ultimately this was a delicate operation due to the size and fuel capacity of the yacht, with the fire extinguished at 07:00 morning time, with Monopoly ultimately capsizing and sinking due to the water thrown to put the blaze off.  The causes of the fire are under investigation and not reported, as no injuries are reported and the yacht becoming a total wreck.
M/y Monopoly the super yacht in this fire is a 2022 X95, Princess current flagship which was introduced in 2020 to a design by Pininfarina and naval architecture by Olesinski.  Princess has so far delivered 21 X95, including its 2024 soft X95 Vista more glazing evolution.
Metro Boomin real name Leland Tyler Wayne is a 1993 born hip-hop and trap music producer who began his career in music production in 2009.  Metro Boomin has so far released two albums, five collaborative albums, and the Soundtrack album for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie, where he also appeared in a cameo.

January 18, 2025

Classic Cantieri di Pisa Saved from Sinking in Malta

A classic thirteen meter Cantieri di Pisa motor cruiser started to take on water, near Manoel Island, opposite the Sliema strand, Malta just after 16:30 hours of Saturday eighteen January.  The report of the boat taking water was shared on the Malta Boating Group on FaceBook, as the owner and helpers rushed to the swing moored classic boat and saved her from sinking.  The cause of the boat taking on water are not reported, but the most important thing, is that she is saved.
The boat in this sinking is a classic Cantieri di Pisa Polaris m. 13.20 as designed by Pier Luigi Spadolini and produced from 1961 to 1963 in triple planking mahogany wood. The Polaris was the 1956 founded Cantieri di Pisa second model, following the 10 m Jupiter, with the model evolving into the larger main deck cabin Super Polaris.

January 12, 2025

Flybridge Boat Partly Sinks in Chesapeake Fishing Creek

A flybridge cruiser of ten meters in length party sank in Fishing Creek marina, by the Chesapeake Beach, in the Chesapeake Bay on the afternoon of Saturday eleven January.  The cause of the part-sinking are not reported, though it looks to be a failed through hull.  These through hulls in this instance usually fail because the boat has not been correctly Winterized for the cold weather and water Winter temperatures.  This Winter is particularly cold in the Chesapeake Bay with current water temperatures down to four degrees celsius, what is less then five degrees to the usual nine degrees average.
The boat in this part sinking is a second generation Silverton 37 Convertible as produced from 1990 to 2000.  The second generation 37 Convertible was a replacement to the first generation 37C with the model replaced by the more sportfish looking 38 Convertible.

Mangusta Super Yacht Fire Scare in Fort Lauderdale

The Mangusta 54 meter m/y She's a 10 Too had a fire scare when she was berthed at Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale on the afternoon of Saturday eleven January.  Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue attended the blaze, with conflicting reports saying the fire was in the engine room and or the garage.  The fire was extinguished in just twenty minutes and contained in the area.  Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the fire scare with its two fire boats, and was also assisted by the county’s fire boat.  The cause of the fire is not reported and under investigation, with the yacht just returning from St. Martin in the Caribbean some hours before the accident.  
M/y She is a 10 Too is a 2024 Overmarine Mangusta GranSport 54 as designed by Alberto Mancini and produced from 2018 so far in three units.  The GranSport 54 is Mangusta's current flagship, which also debuted the GranSport line in 2018, which was followed by smaller 45 and 33 models in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

January 10, 2025

Viking Sportfish Ends Beached in Cancun Mexico

A 21 meter Viking sportfish yacht titled m/y Blue Rush ended beached and aground in Punta Sam, to the North of Cancun, Mexico on a story which was shared on TheQualifiedCaptain Instagram page on nine January.  The sportfish is filmed beached, and what looks a surveyor is taking photos of the hull.  The causes of the grounding are not reported, with the usual Instagram speculation comments following the story, from those of a sleeping captain to the voluntary dry dock and free bottom job for the cheap.  It will be interesting to know more at this stage, although because of insurance claims doubt we will ever hear about it.  The damage to the Viking sportfish is social media reported the be only to its propellers, with the yacht dry docked a couple of days later to the grounding.
Motor yacht Blue Rush is a 2023 Viking 72 Convertible as produced from 2016 to 2024 in 75 units, these numbers including the Enclosed Bridge version.  The Viking 72 Convertible came out as a replacement to the 70 Convertible and was replaced by the 74 Convertible.

January 9, 2025

Two Yachts Wrecked One Damaged in Fire at Port Lave Marseilles

Two yachts were destroyed and one was damaged in a fire which started on 17:29 of Thursday ninth January at Port de la Lave, near Corbieres Beach to the West of Marseilles.  The fire is reported to have started on the 27 meter m/y Naisca IV which also jumped to a seventeen meter flybridge yacht to its port side and then also to the 23 meter explorer m/y Aldabra to its starboard.  Marseilles Fire Fighters intervened to the blaze with 63 firefighters, nineteen vehicles, aerial reconnaissance drones, and the Caesar robot for an operation which became difficult to control as the yachts broke there mooring lines.  Ultimately Naisca IV and the seventeen meter flybridge yacht where badly damaged, wrecked and partly sunk from the blaze, while Aldabra is reported to receiving bad fire damage to its port side, for a fire which took just short of six hours to extinguish as it was turned off at 23:23 hours.  Following the fire the yachts where surrounded by an oil protection boon for an area which covered one hundred meters.  No causalities are reported with the cause of the fire being under investigation.
M/y Naisca IV which is the yacht reported to have started the fire is a 2006 Arno Leopard 27 Open as designed by Paolo Caliari and produced from 1994 to 2011 in 48 units.  The flybridge yacht is a Mochi Craft 56 as designed by Paolo Caliari and produced from 1989 to 93.  M/y Aldabra which was located to starboard and sustained fire damage is a custom Ocea 23m designed by Joubert and Nivelt and delivered in 2011.

January 3, 2025

Princess Yacht Ends Beached in Redhead Beach New South Wales

A sixteen meter Princess sport yacht with two woman onboard ended beached to the South of Third Creek of Red Head Beach, New South Wales, Australia, on the morning of Friday third January.  The Princess yacht is reported to have suffered engine failure during navigation and ended beached.  Both woman onboard did not have any injuries. The area where the yacht beached was cordoned by the authorities as a salvage operation was organized the following day on Saturday, after which it was towed to a nearby marina.  The Princess yacht is reported to have had minimal damage from this accident.
The Princess sport yacht in this beaching is a V53 as produced from 2005 to 2009 to a design of Bernard Olesinski.  The Princess V53 came out as a replacement to the V55 and evolved into the V56 with the addition of a larger bathing platform aft.

January 1, 2025

Azimut Yacht Ends into Rocks and Sinks in La Quedrada Acapulco

A fifteen meter Azimut yacht titled m/y Amore Mio with fifteen guests onboard ended sinking in La Quedrada, Acapulco Mexico just before 14:00 of Tuesday 31 December.  Amore Mio is video shown ending in the enclosed La Quedrada cliff diving high reefs tourist attraction inlet, and looking incapicated without power and hitting the rocks.  At this stage the yacht is discharging passengers and then in another film is seen towed out of the area, by another smaller boat by which after the towing the Azimut is seen sinking, with its debris ending in the area as the current takes it crashing into the reefs semi-sunk.  No tourists are reported injured as the Mexican Navy came to the scene and cordoned the area.  The cause of why the yacht ended in that spot are not reported, though on social media one person who said the brother of his friend was on the yacht, said Amore Mio ended powerless and tide dragged into the enclosed inlet.  
The yacht in this collision is an Azimut AZ Cinquanta as produced from 1996 to 1997 to a Stefano Righini design.  The AZ Cinquanta soft evolved into the 52 in 1998 with a standard extended bathing platform, and a second lower deck option.  Two hundred units were sold of the AZ Cinquanta and 52 in a six year production run lasting till 2002.

December 30, 2024

Classic Azimut Yacht Ends Aground in Culebra, Puerto Rico

A classic 23 meter Azimut yacht titled m/y Runaway with four people and two dogs aboard, ran aground on a reef near Ensenada Honda, to the South of the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico on 10:30 of Monday thirtieth December.  The Azimut yacht was taking on water, as the US Coast Guard intervened by disembarking two passengers, and bringing a dewatering pump to help control the flooding.  Two crew remained onboard the yacht, as its hull was penetrated on the port quarter during the grounding. The flooding was contained, as the Coast Guard reported that it poses no immediate threat to the rest of the vessel. The responders also anchored the yacht fore and aft to prevent movement on the reef and further damage, as a full floating and towing operation is being organized, with this being reviewed by Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources personnel, as the affected reef area is home to three species of endangered coral, along with sea turtles and manatees.
The Azimut in this grounding is a 1988 AZ76 as designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 1988 to 1991.  The AZ76 was a cockpit extended AZ71 studied for the American market, with the model replaced by the 78 Ultra.

December 24, 2024

One Dead Five Injured as Boat Explodes in South Florida Marina

One man was killed and five were injured after a ten meter sport cruiser exploded and then went ablaze in Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale, South Florida just before 18:00 of Monday 23rd December.  Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the fire after a call on 911, and when they arrived they found that the fire had spread to a smaller pontoon boat.  Video footage will later show the pontoon boat lying behind the sport cruiser which caught fire after exploding.  The five people were transported to nearby hospitals, and three of them suffered traumatic injuries, with the dead person found life less in the sea by Broward Sherriff Office after he was reported lost.  The dead person was a 41 year old male man from Quebec.  Mention also goes to the 51 meter super yacht Amanti which was moored behind the fire area, who also assisted in extinguishing the flames of the two boats.  The cause of the fire is not reported, though the video clip shows the boat exploding after it refuels and then going ablaze.
The sport cruiser in this fire is a Rinker 342 Fiesta Vee as produced from 2002 to 2006.  The Rinker 342 Fiesta Vee was a soft evolution of the previous 340 Fiesta Vee and was replaced by the 360 Express Cruiser.
Amanti the super yacht which helped in the fire extinguishing operation is the Feadship 51.75m hull number 788.  Launched in 2003 as m/y Dream, Feadship's hull 788 was designed by Studio de Voogt for exterior, with interior by Donald Starkey.

December 22, 2024

Six Injured as Yacht Loon's Chase Boat Crashes in Rocks at Saint Barths

Six persons were injured as a fifteen meter chase yacht titled m/y Reel Wild ended on the rocks at Anse des Cayes, Saint-Barthélemy, in the Caribbean on the night of Saturday 21 December.  Five of the eleven crew onboard the chase yacht were taken to the Bruyn Hospital for treatment to the light injuries, while a female had to be flown in Miami as she is reported to have suffered more grievous injuries after she flew off the boat on collision impact.  Service Territorial d’Incendie et de Secours firefighters responded to the accident in addition to three STIS ambulances. The Gendarmerie also arrived as back-up, followed by the mobile emergency and resuscitation service for a situation which was difficult to coordinate as the yacht ended in area hard to reach by sea cause of the reefs, and 250 meters from the nearest road.  The causes of the accident are not advised with the chase yacht reported to be returning to its mother super yacht after the crew Christmas party.  The fifteen meter chase boat had visible damage on both sides of its hull with impact delaminated areas and also to its quadruple outboard engine set up.
M/y Reel Wild is a 2024 Hydrasports Custom Boat 53ft Suenos RXV, a fifteen meter center console powered by a quadruple or quintuple outboard set up.  The HCB 53ft Suenos RXV debuted in 2015 as the 5300 Suenos, and at launch she was the largest outboard centre console ever build.
Reel Wild is the North American chase boat for the YouTube popular super yacht Loon, a 2010 68 meter Icon Yachts designed by Redman Whiteley Dixon. Launched as m/y Icon, she was actually the first Icon new build yacht which also debuted the 62 semi-custom series launched in two other units, with Loon extended by five meters in length by it's builder in 2014.  After delivering four yachts Icon has since 2014 specialized in ship to yacht conversions rather then new builds.

December 20, 2024

Sportfish Yacht Sinks in Long Island Sound Marina

A not attended sportfish yacht of sixteen meters in length partly sank at Safe Harbor Yacht Haven in Stamford, Long Island Sound on a story which was reported by Facebook user Ed Kramer and shared on the Boaters of Long Island Sound Group on 22:26 of nineteen December.  The sportfish yacht rolled and sank to its port side, sitting half submerged by its slip of which she is moored to its starboard.  Following the sinking the sportfish yacht was later surrounded by an oil and pollution protecting boon by the marina staff.  The cause of the sinking is not reported, though unconfirmed news say the yacht has not moved from its spot for about two years and looked in an abandoned state in recent months.
The sportfish yacht in this sinking is an Ocean Yachts 55 Super Sport as produced from 1981 to 1990 in 170 units.  When released in 1981 the 55 Super Yacht was Ocean Yachts new flagship, and was also the top selling sportfish of its size in the eighties.  The Ocean Yachts 55 Super Sport was replaced by the 58 Super Sport.

December 17, 2024

Sanlorenzo Super Yacht Fire in Puerto Sotogrande Dry Dock

The 31 meter Sanlorenzo m/y Elysium went ablaze as it was drydocked in Puerto Sotogrande marina yacht yard, in the province of Cadiz, to the South of Spain, with the fire starting at 18:30 of Monday sixteen December.  The Guardia Civil and San Roque local police intervened for the fire, as they evacuated the yacht yard and closed street access in the area, as restaurants nearby to the yacht yard and marina and the Hotel Puerto Sotogrande also did not open for the evening as the smell from the flames surrounded the area.  The fire on the yacht was difficult to control also for strong winds of the night, with this fully extinguished at 05:00 morning time of the following Tuesday seventeen December.  The extent of the damage is not reported though the super structure of Elysium is shown fully destroyed on photos online.  Elysium has been reported dry docked in Sotogrande under going maintenance work since September 2024.
Motor yacht Elysium is actually the first Sanlorenzo SL104 build in 2010 to a design of Francesco Paszkowski and interiors by Rodolfo Dordoni.  The SL104 was produced from 2010 to 2014 in fifteen units, as replacement to the SL100, with the model evolving into the SL106 in 2015.