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The SeaHelp team led by head of operations René Haar had their hands full over the last few days. The reason was the Baltic Sea storm flood on the night of October 20/21, 2023, which the authorities currently classify as the most severe Baltic Sea storm flood since 1872. "A flood of the century", summarizes SeaHelp operations manager René Haar....
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SeaHelp, Europe's largest breakdown service at sea, also maintains in the Netherlands in the Dutch water sports area with Ijssel and Markermeer very popular with Germans and Austrians several operation bases. A membership is worthwhile, as the following mission report on the rescue of a motor yacht on the Markermeer shows . It was on a normal weekday when the...
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The vacation and vacation season has begun, which also affects the deployment figures of SeaHelp: no day on which the "yellow angels on the water" currently do not have to move out. We accompanied a team on a mission from Punat on Krk, Croatia. No matter whether it is towing or starting assistance, fuel service, spare parts deliveries, free towing...
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It is considered the largest regatta in the world: the Barcolana off the Italian city of Trieste. Up to 1,800 boats and yachts take part in the sporting spectacle, up to 20,000 sailors are actively involved, and on land there is regularly a large sailing festival with up to a quarter of a million spectators. In 2020, the regatta had...
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The emergency call was received by SeaHelp headquarters on the morning of a sunny August day: the owner of an aging, ten-meter Princess motor yacht reported water ingress in his yacht and requested assistance. After telephone consultation, one of the yellow response teams set off at high speed to the site of the accident near Mali Ston on the north...
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The last two long weekends brought a lot of work to the SeaHelp emergency forces, an unmistakable sign that most of the water sports enthusiasts have long since returned to the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. Among the most significant and also highly visible operations was obviously the fire of a Bayliner 29 motor yacht off the coast of Krk. SeaHelp...
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When the SeaHelp operations center in Punat announces that the overhaul of the first SeaHelp rescue boats for the coming season has been completed, it is virtually an unmistakable wake-up call for the coming water sports season in Croatia. Already in mid-February, Punat reported "completion": the Bolero, stationed in Tribunj, had to undergo extensive maintenance measures in the shipyard so...
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Even if the owners are only slowly returning to Croatia - SeaHelp is active throughout and had to move out again on Friday afternoon, 22.5.2020. One member had problems with the batteries in the bay of Tijat and could not start the engine. Just a quick call to SeaHelp and after about 30 minutes the rescue boat was on site....
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Even though public life is slowly coming to a standstill because of the Coronavirus, SeaHelp members have nothing to worry about: The SeaHelp Breakdown Service continues to take care of the needs of members who are currently unable to visit the marinas in Croatia and thus their ship. On the morning of March 19, they towed a ship from the...
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