Yacht Beached at Caleta

[Perrypower1]

   

I am told it happened last night. Eight people were rescued by Guardia Civil and Policia Local.  It is on the breakwater between the La Isla and the other one that is unfinished.

[Si Tie]

Hope they can save it but doubt they can.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Saw the yacht is still stuck on the rocks this evening. Have there been any attempts to recover it?

[Emmi Smith]

Maybe Weather conditions were not good at the time or Captain and crew having too much of a "jolly"?

[Johnrgby]

There was nothing wrong with the Weather, a North Easterly circa 25/30 Knots, nothing unusual about that, best guess ia=s someone was not concentrating 

[Captain Sensible]

It has now been washed up at the walkway to La Isla:

[Unregistered user]

Here are the facts about said yacht.

In the early hours of Sunday morning at 3 am the yacht ran aground on the breakwater opposite the Sheraton, slightly north of the restaurant on the pier. The engine had failed and although they raised sail to try and save themselves there was not enough time or wind to do so. At the time the wind was 10 degrees north at 9 knots. Thankfully the crew of ten Russians managed to get off without injury.

This lovely double masted yacht was built in 1937 and has sailed many times around the globe and was their home. They have no insurance and now everyone is trying to get Money out of them, which they do not have, for every conceivable reason. The yacht is likely to be a total loss even though it is steel hulled and strong. It is a terrible loss for all concerned.

25 to 30 knots of wind? The highest wind speed recorded was 11 knots 360 N at 01.00 and dropped to 9.

These people have lost everything. Get your facts right before you start spreading unfounded rumours.

[Unregistered user]

Knots and km/h are big differences but 25/30 still equates to 14 to 16 knots, way above the actual wind speed at the time. This fact can be established from the historical data available on the windfinder app.

It would seem that both the authorities and those who have been affected by this unfortunate incident are after their share of the pot. This information came into my possession from someone who is in direct contact with the crew but I am unable to verify it's validity and will be happy to remove this from the text if it so be wished.

[Johnrgby]

Yes, I did mean  MPH, and that was at midnight or just after, what it was like at 03:00 I have no clue. but I find it inconceivable that they have no insurance!!!

[Unregistered user]

Hi John. At the risk of sounding pedantic 25/30 mph still equates to 21/26 knots and as I have stated the wind at midnight was 14 knots or 16 mph. As a sailor I can assure you this is a huge difference. I'm sure the captain of the yacht would be offended by your assumption that this unfortunate event was caused by a lack of seamanship or competence when you state that they may have not been concentrating. I would think that the whole crew were doing nothing else but concentrating on nothing else but trying to save the vessel and possibly their lives.

I cannot comment more on the insurance issue but perhaps, like me, they did not feel the need to or even afford to have such cover and were willing to accept that life is a gamble worth taking. I have no insurance whatsoever on my house or possessions and I am happy to accept the associated risk. Fortunately we are all different and everyone has their own level of risk acceptance they are prepared to live with.

As an update on the yacht itself, it was washed over the breakwater yesterday and is now safe from further damage within the lagoon. This in itself only causes the owner more problems as it now has to be recovered and is basically land locked by the same breakwater. They were working hard yesterday at low tide to get an anchorage set up and perhaps to move it away from the walkway to the La Isla restaurant which had to be closed off. No doubt the owners of the restaurant will also be claiming loss of earnings due to this as they are rightly entitled to do but as to whether an insurance policy would cover this I am doubtful. As we all know they will do their level best not to actually pay out anything.

I would like to wish the crew well and a speedy resolution to their ongoing dilemma but for now we have another free attraction in Caleta and something else for the Selfie crowd to pose in front of with their irritating sticks thrust before them.