Yacht Adrift - My Curiosity is Getting the Better of Me Now!
Discussion
Yesterday the company I work for was passed information that a yacht had been sighted and appeared to be in distress. We passed the location to the relevant rescue coordination authorities and offered our assistance if required. I should say that this is in the Med somewhere.
Long story short, both a commercial vessel and SAR helo investigated and found there to be no one on board. The yacht was around 50ft long, white and in relatively good condition. There was no engine running and the mast was either stowed across the deck or had been broken. Unfortunately I don’t know the exact findings of the SAR helo so can’t say if it looked to have been lived in recently however, the fenders were deployed down one side and there were two red lines dragging in the water, probably around 50ft in length, one from the front and one from the rear. I also eventually found out the name of the yacht and its home port.
The boat looked relatively expensive so I can’t see someone not reporting it missing if it had broken its moorings, although I’m no expert in valuations.
Do Coast Guard agencies worldwide have a list of boats and owners in order to track them down in these circumstances? Do people report a missing boat to anyone in order to stop full scale SAR Ops being initiated unnecessarily? This one has easily run in to tens of thousands of pounds in fuel, commercial vessels being diverted off course etc.
I have seen aerial pics of the boat so can report the above with some certainty but I’d rather not share them publicly. My curiosity is getting the better of me now.
Feel free to PM me if you think you can help.
Long story short, both a commercial vessel and SAR helo investigated and found there to be no one on board. The yacht was around 50ft long, white and in relatively good condition. There was no engine running and the mast was either stowed across the deck or had been broken. Unfortunately I don’t know the exact findings of the SAR helo so can’t say if it looked to have been lived in recently however, the fenders were deployed down one side and there were two red lines dragging in the water, probably around 50ft in length, one from the front and one from the rear. I also eventually found out the name of the yacht and its home port.
The boat looked relatively expensive so I can’t see someone not reporting it missing if it had broken its moorings, although I’m no expert in valuations.
Do Coast Guard agencies worldwide have a list of boats and owners in order to track them down in these circumstances? Do people report a missing boat to anyone in order to stop full scale SAR Ops being initiated unnecessarily? This one has easily run in to tens of thousands of pounds in fuel, commercial vessels being diverted off course etc.
I have seen aerial pics of the boat so can report the above with some certainty but I’d rather not share them publicly. My curiosity is getting the better of me now.
Feel free to PM me if you think you can help.
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