Towing a yacht, whether it is a motor or sailing boat, can have a wide range of causes and is routine for the crews of the SeaHelp rescue boats, Europe’s leading nautical breakdown service. From time to time, even a large yacht has to be “taken on the hook”, as an operation in Cavtat last week shows – no problem for the professional “yellow angels on the water”.
Every now and then, a superyacht (superyachts are yachts that are longer than 24 meters – up to 60 meters in length overall) is also caught, as the operation last week in Cavtat, a Croatian town in the beautiful historical region of Dalmatia, twenty kilometers southeast of Dubrovnik.
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What had happened? On August 7, the SeaHelp center in Punat received a call. A 28.5-meter-long motor sailer (width: 7.50 meters, weight: 155 tons) had suffered damage to its rudder and was therefore unable to maneuver. The two SeaHelp rescue boats Korčula and Šolta immediately set off to the scene of the accident.
What followed may have looked somewhat spectacular to the passing pleasure boats, but for the SeaHelp emergency services it was part of their daily routine: a ship almost 30 meters long and almost eight meters wide, towed by two (relatively tiny) emergency boats!
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Even superyachts up to a certain size can be safely towed by the SeaHelp rescue boats
“The size of a ship is not a problem for us,” said Marko Orlić, manager of SeaHelp Adria. Even superyachts up to a certain size can be safely towed by the strong and appropriately equipped boats of the nautical breakdown service. “Due to the size of the ship in Cavtat, we used two boats, one to tow the ship in front of the damaged vessel and one to secure it from behind.”.
Just five hours later, the tow with the 155-ton yacht had arrived safely and soundly at the ACI Marina, where the defective steering system of the motor sailer could be repaired.
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