Boat capsizes on rocks: two dead in Rimini, search ongoing
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
Due to adverse weather conditions, breaking waves and northeasterly gusts in excess of 40 knots, a 12-meter sailboat crashed on rocks in Rimini, to be precise near Rock Island, at the mouth of Rimini’s canal port. Initial reports say at least 2 are dead out of the total of 6 occupants. The search for survivors is ongoing. The vessel’s flag and model, as well as the owner, is not known at this time. Two crew members were rescued; two are still missing.
Share:
Are you already a subscriber?
Ultimi annunci
Our social
Sign up for our Newsletter
We give you a gift
Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!
You may also be interested in.
Do you have a vintage boat or IOR? Here are all the must-see regattas of 2025
Last weekend Venice was the center of vintage sailing, hosting for the first time in the Adriatic the traditional gathering of theAssociazione Italiana Vele d’Epoca (A.I.V.E.). At the prestigious headquarters of the Compagnia della Vela on the Island of San
Vendée Globe, Imoca 60 foil show (with record) in the South Atlantic
We anticipated it in the route analyses in thelast installment of The Vendée Globe Process that this South Atlantic depression, in the area where Ericsson 4 in the 2009 Volvo Ocean Race set a historic 24-hour record, would be a
Sail GP, uphill start in Dubai for Italian team helmed by Ruggero Tita
Uphill start for the Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, which in the inaugural leg in Dubai finished in last position discounting the debut with the F50s conditioned by lack of experience. A weekend characterized by very light wind on the
CAT vs. MONO: Lagoon 50 and Oceanis 46.1 at Cala dei Sardi by NSS Charter
One or two? Catamaran or monohull? Who to choose for our sailing vacation? We compared a Lagoon 50 and Beneteau’s Oceanis 46.1 in Cala dei Sardi at North Sardinia Sail headquarters. https://youtu.be/ug6Hu29JFJI Golgo di Cugnana, Nord Ovest della Sardegna. Il