Yacht carrying 1000 litres of diesel refloated in Cass Bay

Yacht carrying 1000 litres of diesel refloated in Cass Bay

The yacht was successfully refloated yesterday afternoon. Photo: ECan The yacht that sunk on its mooring in Cass Bay on Tuesday night has been successfully refloated.

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The best laid plans can come unstuck, but get away with it and there’s always a lesson to learn from a ‘near-miss’Stephane Gautier’s Excess 14 Ikigai sets off at the ARC start. Photo: James Mitchell/World CruisingBack in December I reminded myself what ‘too close for comfort’ feels like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I finished an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with around 5lt of usable diesel left – barely a couple…