{"id":57657,"date":"2024-06-05T09:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sea-help.eu\/news-general\/propeller-seahelp-empuriabrava\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:44:53","slug":"propeller-seahelp-empuriabrava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sea-help.eu\/en\/news-seahelp-en\/propeller-seahelp-empuriabrava\/","title":{"rendered":"Special service: <\/span><\/span>Propeller broken – special SeaHelp mission in Empuriabrava, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

SeaHelp is known as Europe’s largest breakdown and recovery service for pleasure craft, providing assistance in non-life-threatening situations. Sometimes, however, SeaHelp members also receive a “special service” beyond this, as the operation at the SeaHelp base in Empuriabrava in the Spanish municipality of Castell\u00f3 d’Emp\u00faries on the Gulf of Roses (province of Girona, Catalonia) shows.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SeaHelp base in Empuriabrava is located in the largest marina in Europe, just two kilometres from Castell\u00f3 d’Emp\u00faries, where the Fira der Feixell d’Ocassi\u00f3 used boat show traditionally takes place.<\/p>\n

The SeaHelp centre on the Costa Brava has been run for two years by certified boat expert Axel Albrot, who is also an expert in boat insurance. “From our new base in Empuriabrava, we are on the spot in no time when it comes to providing fast, competent and uncomplicated assistance to recreational skippers”,<\/em> says Axel Albrot, regardless of whether the engine breaks down, the battery is flat or the tank is empty, or if there is a sudden water ingress on board.<\/p>\n

SeaHelp is on the spot in no time from the base in Empuriabrava when it comes to helping recreational skippers quickly, competently and easily<\/h2>\n

Or when a boat’s propeller breaks down, as happened a few days ago: “Two weeks ago, the propeller clutch of one of our customers, who owns a sporty inflatable boat called Black Jack, stopped working,”<\/em> says Axel Albrot, adding that there was “hardly any propulsion”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Although this service is not actually part of the standard portfolio of the SeaHelp centres across Europe, says Albrot, it was possible to make an exception here. “I used an underwater camera to record the propeller number and, by chance, the customer still had exactly one of these propellers in stock.”<\/em> The customer then booked a flight at short notice and brought the propeller to the boat in Empuriabrava.<\/p>\n

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