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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

PUBLISHED : 3 Nov 2023 at 22:45

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LISBON - Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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8 Danish Sailors Rescued After Boat Overturns In Pacific Ocean

The danish armed forces said on wednesday that eight people have been rescued..

Eight Danes were rescued on Wednesday after their sailboat capsized in the Pacific Ocean following a collision with a whale, the Danish Armed Forces said in a statement.

After abandoning the sailboat, the crew took refuge on a raft and called for help via a satellite phone, triggering a search and rescue mission by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

They were later found by a fishing vessel and eventually transferred to a container ship which is now headed for Tahiti, the Danish Armed Forces said.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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Eight Danes rescued as sailboat capsizes in Pacific after colliding with whale

The crew took refuge on a raft and called for help via a satellite phone..

Eight Danes whose sailboat capsized in the Pacific Ocean following a collision with one or two whales were rescued overnight, the Danish Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday.

After abandoning the sailboat, the crew took refuge on a raft and called for help via a satellite phone, prompting a search and rescue mission by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The initial satellite call was made by a female crew member to her father in Denmark, who contacted Danish rescue authorities before the case was transferred to JRCC Honolulu.

They were later found by a fishing vessel and eventually transferred to a container ship which is now headed for Tahiti, the Danish Armed Forces said.

Information from the crew indicated that the 51-foot long sailboat had collided with one or two whales, the military said.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

• A Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized off the coast of Santa Cruz, Portugal, due to heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, resulting in the deaths of three people who were found without life jackets.
• The central and northern coastal regions of Portugal have been placed on red alert due to rough seas and waves exceeding seven meters in height. Storm Ciaran has claimed multiple lives across Europe .
• Another storm named Domingos is expected to pass off Portugal, with waves reaching up to nine meters high, adding to the already disrupted travel conditions.

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The body of a fourth person has been found after a sailing boat capsized and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, the navy said Saturday.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized on Friday around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon.

The boat was hit by the strong swells caused by Storm Ciaran, which killed more than a dozen other people across Europe.

The first three victims were found dead on the shore  and were not wearing life jackets.

The body of a second woman was found inside the wrecked boat, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP on Saturday.

Three of the victims, a 56-year-old man and the two women aged 46 and 61, were Danish nationals, said the navy spokesman, adding that the nationality of the fourth victim, a 57-year-old man, was not yet known.

Although Portugal was not directly affected by the storm, the central and northern coastal regions had been put on a red alert due to the rough seas, with waves exceeding seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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Three killed as yacht capsizes off Portugal

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Three people died when a sailing boat capsized on Friday and ran aground on a beach in central Portugal, where the coast has seen heavy swells caused by Storm Ciaran, naval authorities said.

The Danish-flagged pleasure boat capsized around a kilometre off one of the beaches at Santa Cruz, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Lisbon, the National Maritime Authority (AMN) said in a statement.

The victims, two men and a woman whose ages and nationalities were not immediately known, were found dead on the shore near the wreckage of the boat and were not wearing life jackets, Portuguese Navy spokesman Jose Sousa Luis told AFP.

The yacht had left the port of Peniche, around 30 kilometres north of Santa Cruz, on Friday morning with three people on board, he added.

Portugal was not directly affected by Storm Ciaran, which has claimed a dozen lives elsewhere in Europe.

But the National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the country's central and northern coastal regions on red alert due to the very rough seas, with waves that can exceed seven metres (23 feet) in height.

A new storm, named Domingos by the Spanish meteorological agency, was due to pass off Portugal on Saturday and Sunday, with waves that could reach up to nine metres high, according to the IPMA.

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Eight Danes were rescued on Wednesday after their sailboat capsized in the Pacific Ocean following a collision with a whale, the Danish Armed Forces said in a statement.

After abandoning the sailboat, the crew took refuge on a raft and called for help via a satellite phone, triggering a search and rescue mission by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

They were later found by a fishing vessel and eventually transferred to a container ship which is now headed for Tahiti, the Danish Armed Forces said.

(This story has been corrected to remove the reference to Maersk as the owner of container ship in paragraph 3)

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Danish sailors abandon boat after collision with whales, all safe.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Eight Danish sailors who encountered a harrowing ordeal when their sailboat capsized in the Pacific Ocean after colliding with one or two whales have been rescued, according to a statement by the Danish Armed Forces.

Following the capsizing of their sailboat, the crew sought refuge on a raft and promptly reached out for assistance using a satellite phone. Their distress call triggered a search and rescue operation coordinated by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Initially, it was a female crew member who contacted her father in Denmark, who in turn alerted the Danish rescue authorities before the case was handed over to JRCC Honolulu.

Fortunately, the sailors were located by a fishing vessel, which subsequently assisted in their transfer to a container ship en route to Tahiti, as confirmed by the Danish Armed Forces.

Information provided by the crew indicated that the collision occurred between the 51-foot long sailboat and one or two whales, as reported by the military.

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Portugal, Peniche: Four Dead as Sailboat Capsized by Wave

A Danish yacht with 4 crew members on board has tragically been rolled and sunk in strong winds and high waves off the coast of Portugal.

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It has been reported that a Danish yacht with four crew members on board, left the fishing port of Peniche (approx. 100km north of Lisbon) on Sunday 5 November at 07:00, to continue its passage southwards down the coast of Portugal towards Lisbon/Cascais, having arrived in port on 1 November.

Weather conditions over the last week have been very poor and on Sunday a red weather warning was in place, with rough seas and waves from the northwest expected to reach a significant height of seven to eight meters and a maximum height of 14/15 meters.

Despite locals and fishermen warning them not to leave port, the Danish yacht (believed to be a Bavaria 34) chose to venture out in the adverse conditions and continue their passage south.

On leaving the port, filming from shore shows that the yacht remained close inshore. The yacht was heavily reefed and struggling to sail upwind into deeper water in strong south-westerly winds. As the yacht was pushed up onto the beach of Playa de Santa Cruz, south of Peniche, a large breaking wave smothered the yacht completely, and it rolled and disappeared in the surf. The yacht appeared to be no more than half a mile off the beach.

“Upon arrival at the scene, it was found that some debris, allegedly from the vessel, had reached the shore, along with three survivors of the sinking, two men and one woman, all without life jackets and in a state of cardiac arrest. Members of the Torres Vedras Volunteer Fire Department immediately began resuscitation maneuvers,” says the statement from the National Maritime Authority (AMN9).

A fourth, female, crew member was discovered later in the wreckage of the yacht.

The Navy spokesperson later confirmed that the four people, all believed to be foreign nationals, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Circumstances surrounding the boat’s sinking are still being investigated.

The Atlantic coast of Portugal is notorious for good surfing, and in strong onshore winds many ports close as conditions for entry and departure are dangerous. Great care should be taken when transiting/cruising this coast, especially when large waves and winds are forecast. Monitor the state of harbour entrances (continually updated) along the coast using the following website: National Maritime Authority (go to “Estado das Barras”)

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How sad and unfortunate the captain chose to ignore wise advice and go out. What pressing concern they must have had to make it worthwhile to risk everything, we might never know. But nothing should be worth giving up your life except a lovedone’s life.

The sea is forgiving of such foolishness but not all the time as it reminds us that it its power must be respected.

We all have choices and must pay for the concequences and some time enjoy the rewards. Theirs was a high price.