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Former Sydney to Hobart yacht, Helsal II, sinks metres away from Grange Jetty in Adelaide

Crowds have flocked to see the famous yacht, which previously competed in the Sydney to Hobart race, after it capsized near a popular beach.

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Salvage efforts are ongoing after a former yacht, which competed in the prestigious Sydney to Hobart race, capsized in Adelaide.

The 70ft Helsal II vessel capsized just metres from the Grange Jetty on Saturday evening.

A Marine Safety team from South Australia’s Department of Infrastructure and Transport were able to secure the boat to prevent it from moving.

A continuously-flashing battery light was quickly installed to ensure the yacht could be identified, however swimmers and boaties have been asked to avoid the area since the weekend.

On Wednesday, another attempt was made to retrieve the yacht, which is stuck on a sandbar.

Some locals feared the mast could be at risk of impacting the jetty if strong winds or tides were to sway the vessel.

Despite calls from the City Of Charles Sturt local council for people to stay away from the area, the submerged yacht has become a tourist attraction in itself.

Currently on school holidays, families swarmed the jetty this week, in the hopes of catching a successful rescue attempt.

On Tuesday, local man Phil Burton took his four grandchildren to see the large vessel.

“The kids were hoping that it was going to be successful, and they said it was a pity that the nice boat was washed up on the beach,” Mr Burton told the Adelaide Advertiser .

“They wanted to know whether anyone on that board had been hurt or anything like that, but I assured them that, that wasn’t the case. They just wanted to know how they were doing to get it.”

The Helsal II has competed in a number of prestigious races, including the annual Sydney to Hobart Boxing Day competition in 2004, and the Phuket Kings Cup and the Hong Kong China Sea Race.

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A rotted boat stranded on a metropolitan Adelaide beach for weeks could be destined for the dump after it sank in shallow waters just two days after being pulled back to sea.

Key points:

• Filled with wood rot and holes, the yacht took on water before it could be towed
• The vessel was stranded on the beach for weeks after breaking free from its moorings
• Council is working through the legalities of recovering the stricken yacht

The boat was beached at North Haven Beach in mid-July after bad weather and a comedy of errors led it to drift to shore.

Excavator Bill Haros towed the yacht, which he dubbed the SS Minnow after the charter boat in 1960s TV show Gilligan's Island, from the sand to shallow water on Wednesday .

Pocked with holes and wood rot, the dilapidated yacht has since sunk just metres offshore where it was anchored.

"Looks like I'm going back to pick it up soon," Mr Haros said.

Comedy of errors

The saga began when the boat reportedly hit bad weather and needed repairs at Port Adelaide, but a dingy tethered to it for towing came loose and disappeared.

The yacht was instead towed to nearby North Haven Beach and anchored, but its own moorings came loose and it drifted to shore where it became beached in the sand.

Despite repeated efforts by its owners and volunteers to dig a channel and coax the yacht into the waves with the tide, the stubborn vessel would not budge for weeks.

Earlier this week, the City of Port Adelaide and Enfield asked Mr Haros, who helps manage sand and dunes along the shore, to pull it back into the sea with his excavator .

At the time he told the ABC he was expecting it to sink, such was the poor state of the yacht.

"It's all wood rot and waves are just going straight over the top into the holes," he said.

"I think I'll be back there tomorrow. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I can see the writing on the wall."

The yacht did not prove him wrong, but it did last an extra 24 hours before it sank.

A community effort

Mayor Claire Boan said it had been a community effort to give the boat another chance.

"It really came together to do a good thing on that one, but unfortunately the boat needed a few more repairs than the owner anticipated."

She said the owner did manage to attach another dingy to the yacht and tried to tow it to a Port River slip for repairs.

"But I think it was collecting a lot of water, so it was probably too heavy to pull with the boat he had."

Mr Haros said he was expecting now to pull the boat back from the sea with a "mechanical claw", at which point it would probably be "smashed up and put in the tipper".

"I know we should have done that the other day, but you have to give them a go," he said.

Ms Boan said the council was still working through the legalities of the recovery.

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Dramatic video shows 130ft superyacht sinking off Italy coast after being battered in storm

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Dramatic footage has captured the moment a 40-metre superyacht sank into the Mediterranean sea after being battered in a storm.

The 40-metre-long luxury vessel was sailing from Gallipoli to Milazzo overnight on Saturday when it got into trouble around 15km from Italy’s Catanzaro Marina.

Footage shows the yacht, named My Saga, rapidly disappearing beneath waves, as lifeboats appear to float beside it.

The captain sent out a distress call to the Port Authority of Crotone, with officials told the yacht was taking on a significant amount of water from the stern.

The Italian coastguard dispatched two patrol vessels and rescued all four passengers and five crew members on board.

A tugboat sent out at dawn was unable to save the superyacht from sinking because of worsening weather conditions, the Super Yacht Times reports. The Saga finally sank at around 1pm on Sunday.

The outlet reports the yacht, which was built in Monaco back in 2007, was flying under the Cayman Islands flag with an all-Italian crew when it sunk.

An investigation has been launched into the cause.

It comes after a £6 million superyacht sunk after it went up in flames in the UK on the Torquay harbourside.

The 85ft vessel was consumed by fire , with thick black smoking billowing into the sky.

The yacht reportedly drifted out into the harbour after the fire burnt through ropes securing it to the pier, but the vessel was later secured by the fire service.

A fire service statement revealed that the vessel contained approximately 8000 litres of diesel fuel.

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3 rescued from water after mayday call from sinking boat in Lake Michigan  

• Updated: Jul. 16, 2024, 1:57 p.m.
• | Published: Jul. 16, 2024, 1:57 p.m.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel, along with local partners, found three people in the water after a mayday call was received from a sinking vessel in Lake Michigan, Monday night. The boat, which capsized, is seen here from a USCG helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Traverse City

• Justine Lofton | [email protected]

Three people were pulled out of Lake Michigan on Monday night after issuing a mayday from their sinking boat, officials said.

One person, wearing a life jacket, was alert and responsive, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard . The other two were found unresponsive; their status is unknown.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel, along with local partners, responded to the mayday call via VHF-FM channel 16 at 9:15 p.m. Monday, the release said.

The Coast Guard launched a response boat from Station Milwaukee and a helicopter from Air Station Traverse City. A response boat from Station Sheboygan diverted from a nearby case. Vessels from the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office and Port Washington Fire Department assisted with the search along with a good Samaritan who heard the distress call.

The crew from Sheboygan found the vessel, which had capsized, and then found and recovered an unresponsive person.

The good Samaritan reported one person in the water yelling for help. The fire department crew located them, and the crew from Station Milwaukee pulled them from the water.

The helicopter crew then located the third and final person in the water. They were recovered, in an unresponsive state, by the sheriff’s office.

All three were taken to Port Washington, Wis., fuel pier to waiting emergency medical services and then transported to a local hospital.

“This all-hands effort highlights the partnership we have with our local partners, with their help we were able to find all three people from the vessel that sank tonight,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Miller, Station Milwaukee Coxswain. “The one responsive person we rescued was also wearing a life jacket, which was critical in buying us time to find them and pull them out.”

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Boat capsizes on Lake Michigan, killing two and leaving one survivor

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OZAUKEE COUNTY – Two people died and one survived after a boat capsized in Lake Michigan near Port Washington during the evening July 15.  

After receiving a mayday call of a sinking vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat from Station Milwaukee. A Station Sheboygan crew also responded.  

A good Samaritan arrived at the scene to help after hearing a distress call over the radio. They heard a person yelling for help in the water.   

A 50-year-old man and a 51-year-old man from Illinois were found unresponsive when other emergency personnel, including Ozaukee County Emergency Management rescue boat and Port Washington Fire Department fire boat, responded.

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A 26-year-old man from Beloit was found conscious, who confirmed the distress call and that there were three people on the boat. 

All three individuals were transported to the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton.  

“This all-hands effort highlights the partnership we have with our local partners, with their help we were able to find all three people from the vessel that sank tonight,” Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Miller, Station Milwaukee Coxswain, said in a news release. “The one responsive person we rescued was also wearing a life jacket, which was critical in buying us time to find them and pull them out.” 

Although rescue personnel performed lifesaving efforts, the two unconscious victims did not survive. Their families haven’t been notified yet.  

The 26-year-old man rescued is in stable condition, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.

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The water was about 53 degrees Fahrenheit, and waves reached 2-4 feet high. The boat, a 177 model and 17-foot 2008 Triton fishing boat, was overturned when a wave struck its side, completely submerging it. The boat hasn’t been found.

The Port Washington Police Department and Grafton and Saukville fire departments assisted in this incident as well.  

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Two die after 17-foot fishing boat overturns in Lake Michigan near Port Washington

T wo people died and one survived after a boat overturned in Lake Michigan near Port Washington Monday evening, July 15, authorities said.

Around 6:24 p.m. the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office received reports from the U.S. Coast Guard of a 17-foot fishing boat in distress, sinking in Lake Michigan, according to a Tuesday news release from the office.

The Ozaukee County Emergency Management Rescue Boat, Port Washington Fire Department Fire Boat, U.S. Coast Guard from Milwaukee and Sheboygan, and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded to the suspected area of the boat’s last coordinates, according to the release.

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Rescue boats located three people in the water: one was semi-conscious and breathing, and the other two were unconscious and not breathing. All three were transported to the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton.

Lifesaving efforts were conducted by rescue personnel, but the two unconscious victims were later pronounced deceased.

The two victims were identified as a 50-year-old man and 51-year-old woman, both from Illinois. The person who survived the incident is a 26-year-old male from Beloit, who is currently in stable condition.

According to the sheriff's office, the boat, a 2008 Triton, Model 177, faced 2- to 4-foot waves and water temperatures around 53 degrees. The boat was reported to have been taking on water when a wave struck the side, overturning it. It became submerged prior to the rescue and has not yet been located.

The Grafton Fire Department, Saukville Fire Department and Port Washington Police Department also assisted with the incident.

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Boat abandoned in Jersey Shore harbor saved from sinking

• Updated: Jul. 08, 2024, 9:08 a.m.
• | Published: Jul. 07, 2024, 6:26 p.m.

Jersey Tomatoes, an apparently abandoned boat in the Cape May harbor, being worked on by Sea Tow Cape May (Photo courtesy of Sea Tow)

• Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

While July 4th weekend revelers were enjoying barbecues, the beach and other holiday fun on Saturday, Capt. Jack Moran and his crew were working to stop a boat from sinking in Cape May Harbor.

The 40-foot boat, wistfully named “Jersey Tomatoes” has been moored in the harbor and was slowly dropping into a watery grave.

“We got calls, it was an hour from sinking,” said Moran, the owner of Sea Tow Cape May , a marine company that is like AAA for boaters.

Cape May police and the U.S. Coast Guard had received calls from recreational boaters, parasailers and professional mariners, all reporting the vessel was in danger of sinking, Moran said.

“When we got the call from the city yesterday (July 6) we went out with the Coast Guard and the boat was an hour from being completely under water, sinking and releasing hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel and oil into the harbor and becoming a hazard to navigation,” he said.

When Sea Tow responded with two vessels and a crew of four the boat was “very close to sinking,” he said.

“The water was already coming up on the scuppers, the little holes on the desk to let out rain or other water from the deck, the water was above that,” Moran said.

Crews brought pumps on board to remove water and lighten the vessel so it would stay afloat, he said. After pumping the water out, they towed the boat to the beach at high tide, he said. Diesel fuel and oil will be removed tomorrow.

Boats are more expensive to maintain and fix than exotic cars, Moran explained. Boaters have a joking expression about that, saying that the word boat stands for “Break Out Another Thousand” dollars.

“The person who owned the boat no longer had a home for the boat, for whatever reason, there was no marina that would have it, so they had it on a mooring anchored in the harbor,” Moran said. “It had been there for several months.”

The beginning of the end for the Jersey Tomatoes came when the anchor broke and the vessel drifted on to the rocks in front of the U.S. Coast Guard station a few weeks ago, he said.

“We assume there was some damage to the bottom of the boat because it was slowly taking on water,” he said.

The boat was re-moored in the harbor and blew off its anchor again, this time landing against a marina bulkhead. “The marina (staff) was nice enough to help anchor it back out on a mooring, where it had been sitting for the last two weeks and getting lower and lower in the water because it was slowly taking on water,” Moran said.

After the fuel and oil are drained, the fate of the boat is up to the city.

It’s considered abandoned in the fact that the owner hasn’t been on the boat to keep it safe and afloat, he said.

This isn’t the first time Capt. Moran and Sea Tow Cape May have been called to handle an abandoned craft - the last time was in December , but this vessel was on land near a set of century-old railroad tracks on the beach in Cape May known as the “ghost tracks.” The rusting tracks occasionally become visible due to shifting tides and following Nor’easters.

That sailboat, named Panache, was “gifted by an older gentlemen to two men who decided to sail it around Cape May point on wind power, since the boat’s motor didn’t work. Instead, the boat landed on the beach and sat for a month.”

From the Hudson River to Cape May, New Jersey’s 130 miles of coastlines, in addition to bays, rivers and creeks are littered with abandoned boats .

Unlike towing away an abandoned car, removing an abandoned boat is a costly and environmentally risky process for towns and few funding sources exists for them recoup those costs.

Technically, a boat owner who is identified and charged with abandoning a boat and any resulting pollution of tidal waters, can face penalties made possible under the Abandoned Vessel Disposition Law passed in 2011.

If an owner can be found, they may have filed for bankruptcy or can’t afford to pay to remove the vessel, local officials said.

A bill proposed by State Senator Michael Testa that would create a $25 million fund to remove abandoned vessels progress was reintroduced in 2024, released by the law and public safety committee in May and has been referred to the Senate’s appropriations committee.

In the case of the Jersey Tomatoes, the city of Cape May paid Sea Tow to de-water the boat and tow it to safety. It would need significant work to sail again, Moran said.

“It’s a sad story. It was a nice boat,” Moran said. “It could be saved with the right owner.”

Two crews from Sea Tow Cape May pump water from "Jersey Tomatoes," a boat apparently abandoned in Cape May Harbor. SL

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Three rescued from sinking boat by good Samaritan in Sandy Hook Bay

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SANDY HOOK - Three boaters were rescued by a good Samaritan after their vessel began taking on water Sunday morning, authorities said.

Around 11 a.m., the boat began to sink vertically in Sandy Hook Bay, according to a Coast Guard. Coast Guard station Sandy Hook picked the three boaters up from the good Samaritan and took them to the station for evaluation. No injuries were reported.

The owner of the boat, who was not identified, is awaiting salvage plans to pick up the remains, the Coast Guard said. Equipment, including strobe lights, have been placed on the boat so the public is aware of its location.

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Former Notre Dame Megastar Sinks Hole-in-One; Wins Boat

Nick shepkowski | jul 12, 2024.

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Nobody can argue against the athleticism of 1987 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown. The former Notre Dame football and Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders megastar was one of the best to ever play the game, college or professionally. 

Yet his most impressive athletic achievement not even have even taken place on a football field. Brown is participating in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe this weekend and on Friday, pulled off a golfer's dream - making a hole in one.

For making the first ace of the tournament, Brown won a $200,000 Mastercraft boat. 

Former NFL WR Tim Brown sinks a HOLE-IN-ONE at the @ACChampionship to win himself a boat. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/54h36Ck6g0 — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 12, 2024

Perhaps the craziest part of all of this is that it isn't even Brown's first or second career hole-in-one.  It's at least his third, having already aced holes at Augusta National and TPC Sawgrass. Not bad for it being his second sport.   

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Crime and public safety | 2 men rescued from sinking boat they just bought in san diego, the two mexican nationals called 911 as the 25-foot vessel began to take on water about 8 miles off the coast.

A Coast Guard boat and helicopter, as well as a Navy ship and San Diego lifeguards, responded to the emergency call, which came in around midnight, Coast Guard spokesperson Adam Stanton said.

The two Mexican nationals, ages 58 and 64, were driving the boat south when it began to take on water. At one point, the men fired off a flare, which helped rescuers pinpoint their location.

Stanton said the men had bought the cuddy cabin in North County and intended to take it to Ensenada.

Coast Guard crew members could not “secure the source of the flooding” so the vessel was deemed unsafe to tow, a Coast Guard press release said. The two men, who were unhurt, were rescued, and the boat was left adrift. Boaters in the area were notified of the navigational hazard.

The men were holding visas and were brought to Shelter Island. After being questioned by Border Patrol agents, they were cleared and released to family members.

The disabled boat eventually sank, Coast Guard officials said.

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