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News Articles: yacht

Italian firefighter divers bring ashore the body of one of the victims of a shipwreck, in Porticello, Sicily, on Friday Aug. 23.

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Italian prosecutors open a manslaughter investigation into yacht sinking off Sicily

Prosecutors opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. No suspect is currently identified.

August 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Italian firefighter divers bring ashore in a green bag the body of one of the victims of the U.K.-flag vessel Bayesian on Wednesday. The luxury sail yacht was hit by a violent sudden storm and sunk early Monday, while at anchor off the Sicilian village of Porticello near Palermo, in southern Italy.

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Divers find 5 bodies during search of yacht wreckage off Sicily

The search continued for one more missing passenger on a yacht that sank off Sicily and questions intensified about why the vessel went down so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.

August 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat Monday in Porticello Santa Flavia, Italy.

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Search resumes for British tech magnate and 5 others after yacht sinks off Sicily

Rescue teams were returning to the site of a sunken yacht off Sicily on Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull.

August 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A pair of orcas swim off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 2018.

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A pod of orcas have sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

The pod rammed the boat's rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.

November 07, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Commodore Benny McCottry stands outside the entrance of the Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis in Annapolis, Md. It was founded more than 60 years ago by a handful of Black boaters.

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When Black boaters faced discrimination on the water, this yacht club became a refuge

When the Seafarers Yacht Club of Annapolis was founded in 1959, discrimination at fuel docks around the famous port was common. Today, the club is thriving and giving back to the community.

August 04, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
The luxury superyacht Dilbar sails off the coast of Monaco in 2017.

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Germany seizes the world's largest yacht (at least according to volume)

German authorities impounded the 15,917-ton yacht after confirming that sanctioned Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov had transferred ownership to his sister, who is also under Western sanctions.

April 14, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
The newly-detained superyacht Phi is pictured while docked in Canary Wharf in east London on Tuesday.

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A $49M Russian superyacht has been detained by U.K. officials near London

Detaining the yacht, named Phi, is "a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies," Britain's transport secretary said. Officials said the yacht's ownership is "deliberately well hidden."

March 29, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Amore Vero, the yacht owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, is pictured in the shipyard of La Ciotat in southern France on Thursday.

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France seizes its first yacht as the West pledges to crack down on Russian oligarchs

France says it seized a yacht belonging to Igor Sechin, an oil executive and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the U.S. and European Union sanctioned a slew of Russian oligarchs.

March 03, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Rotterdam residents appear to be up in arms over a plan to temporarily dismantle the Koningshaven lift bridge, popularly called "De Hef."

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The Dutch vow to egg Jeff Bezos' yacht if a bridge is dismantled to let his boat pass

After early reports that Rotterdam would briefly take apart a historic bridge for the yacht's passage, thousands of people joined a Facebook event called "Throwing eggs at superyacht Jeff Bezos."

February 09, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman

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