[imagesource: Twitter / Guardia Costiera]
Nothing was going to stop this superyacht from being dragged to the depths of the ocean.
Over the weekend, the 40-metre-long (131-foot) superyacht capsized, sinking boat butt-first a few kilometres off the coast of Italy.
The Washington Post called the capsizing of the vessel, named My Saga, “spectacular” with the moment it went under captured on video and shared on Twitter by the Italian coast guard.
Sailing on its way from Gallipoli to Milazzo, Sicily, on Saturday, My Saga started taking on water and eventually sank a few hours later about nine nautical miles off the port of Catanzaro.
It went down pretty quickly:
Nei giorni scorsi, la #GuardiaCostiera di #Crotone ha coordinato operazioni di salvataggio di passeggeri ed equipaggio di uno yacht di 40m, affondato a 9 miglia al largo di #CatanzaroMarina.
Avviata inchiesta amministrativa per individuarne le cause. #SAR #AlServizioDegliAltri pic.twitter.com/kezuiivqsM— Guardia Costiera (@guardiacostiera) August 22, 2022
The coast guard’s caption translated from Italian reads:
“In recent days, the #GuardiaCostiera of #Crotone coordinated rescue operations for passengers and crew of a 40m yacht, which sank 9 miles off the coast of #CatanzaroMarina. Administrative investigation was launched to identify the causes.”
Patrol boats from the Italian coast guard in Crotone and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) were sent to save the day.
As the boat took on water, they managed to get five people – four passengers and a member of the crew – away from the disaster, later going back to try and save the yacht:
Meanwhile, a towing company was contracted to attempt to rescue the ship. A tugboat arrived and took the four remaining crew members — including the captain — onboard before beginning to tow the ship toward Crotone. But, according to ANSA, bad weather made the process difficult, as did the position of the yacht, which was tilted into the water.
After some time, the tugboat abandoned the yacht, allowing it to sink into the Gulf of Squillace.
See Cardi B, sometimes not even a “big boat” can save a sinking yacht:
I can’t believe I’m actually watching a yacht sink pic.twitter.com/dLL3ZJJv9R
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) May 28, 2022
Hopefully, the owner of My Saga was able to spend some time enjoying the open seas in luxury before the yacht went down.
Unlike the guy whose $24 million (around R390 million) Aria SF superyacht burst into flames on the water, just as he had received it from the shipyard.
[source:washpost]
