39m My Saga yacht sinks off the coast in Italy
SuperYacht Times
The Italian press reports that the 39.4-metre motor yacht My Saga sunk around 13:00 on 20 August 2022 in the Gulf of Squillace, about 9 nautical miles off the coast of Catanzaro Marina.
My Saga was built in Italy in 2007 under the Monaco Yachting & Technologies brand as Yuko. The steel-hulled superyacht was flying the Cayman Islands flag and she was cruising from Gallipoli to Milazzo with an all-Italian crew, who were rescued from the superyacht.
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Photo: YouTube / wesud newsThe problems for My Saga started last night when the Port Authority of Crotone received a message from the yacht that they were taking on water at the stern. The CP321 patrol boat from Crotone and a Romanian patrol boat, which is in service on behalf of the Frontex agency, reached out to the yacht and rescued the first passengers.
Photo: SYT ReaderAt dawn, a tugboat from Crotone arrived at the scene and started towing the superyacht towards Crotone, but as can be seen on the video the weather conditions got worse and the vessel was already partly submerged and listing heavily to starboard.
My Saga was taking on too much water and eventually sunk. An investigation will be launched to find out the reasons for the yacht’s sinking.
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Photo: Merijn de Waard / SuperYacht TimesThe photo above shows My Saga in Monaco shortly after she was delivered under the name Yuko.
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