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One dead as cruise ship comes to aid of NZ yacht in distress
The small yacht was first intercepted by P&O cruise ship the Pacific Explorer at 1am this morning. The 2000-passenger pleasure cruiser was repositioning from Auckland to Suva in the Fijian islands ...
Navy rescues sailor from yacht adrift in storm
A seaboat launched from Te Mana faced severe storm conditions in the rescue of a lone sailor of a catamaran in distress near the Hen and Chicken Islands near Whangarēi. HMNZS Te Mana deployed into the Hauraki Gulf on Monday evening as part of the search and rescue mission for the vessel. The vessel's anchor cable had snapped, and the yacht ...
One dead as cruise ship comes to aid of NZ yacht in distress
One dead as cruise ship comes to aid of NZ yacht in distress. The crew of a New Zealand-flagged yacht has been offloaded, 12 hours after sending a mayday signal in the waters south of Fiji. The ...
NZDF searches for NZ yacht in distress
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) requested NZDF support to locate the yacht after it activated its distress beacon early this morning. Norfolk is a small island in the Pacific Ocean about 1000 kilometres north of New Zealand.
NZ Navy rescues catamaran sailor in Cyclone Gabrielle
A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on board Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Te Mana. His anchor broke and he drifted out to sea, close to the centre of Cyclone Gabrielle. ... The vessel's anchor cable had snapped, and the yacht had grounded in Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island with strong winds then causing it ...
Yacht found after Mayday calls sparks major rescue operation
Maritime NZ plans to meet the skipper of a boat which made a distress call last night, sparking a major search and rescue operation. The yacht Tribe made a distress call to Maritime NZ about 6.30pm yesterday, showing the vessel's location near Waiheke. After an initial search of the area failed to locate the yacht, search and rescue agencies ...
Dramatic high-seas rescue witnessed by 2000 Kiwi cruise passengers
Dramatic high-seas rescue witnessed by 2000 Kiwi cruise passengers. The pleasure yacht in distress was found by the Pacific Explorer in the early hours of this morning. (Photo / Ali Gilchrist ...
5th body recovered from Mike Lynch's family yacht off Sicily as
The 184-foot sailing yacht Bayesian is seen in an undated file photo provided by SuperYacht Times. ... The ship's captain, 51-year-old New Zealand national James Cutfileld, was questioned for two ...
French national rescued from yacht in distress off North Cape
A French national has been rescued from a yacht in distress 51km off the coast of North Cape this morning. The Maritime NZ Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) said that the Juan Sabula activated its emergency position-indicating radio beacon due to loss of motor and damage to its rigging and sails. Two EMS helicopters, one from Auckland and one ...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Police trying to locate missing boatie near Great
A boatie is feared missing at sea near Auckland's Great Barrier Island as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches.. A police spokeswoman said police responded to reports of a boat in distress about 2.15am ...
Yacht lost in storm off north NZ, respected yachtie dies
The 47ft Bavaria yacht was returning to New Zealand from Fiji. According to a report in NZ Herald today, October 16, the yacht Essence was to be sold at the end of this voyage. ... A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on board Royal NZ Navy frigate Te Mana A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on ...
Major search for yacht in distress ends with a call to ...
A search for the yacht Tribe and the two people believed to be on-board was launched by NZ's Rescue Co-ordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) around 6.30pm on Wednesday after a brief and partial Mayday call ...
Superyacht captain, a New Zealand national, under Italian investigation
The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged luxury yacht, went down near the Mediterranean island in southern Italy last Monday. Investigators are focusing on how a sailing vessel deemed ...
Auckland-Fiji Pacific Explorer cruise ship diverts to yacht in distress
A spokeswoman for P&O Australia confirmed to NZ Herald the Pacific Explorer was "requested to assist a yacht in distress south of Fiji". "P&O received a call for assistance from the New Zealand ...
NZDF finds NZ yacht in distress off Fiji
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has found the New Zealand-owned yacht that made a distress call at dawn off the coast of Fiji. Air Commodore Darryn Webb, the Air Component Commander, said a… Open in app
The 5 tragic minutes that sank a superyacht
The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht's 250-foot mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one ...
NZDF searches for yacht in distress
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping search for a yacht that activated its emergency beacon yesterday afternoon about 1600 kilometres east of the Chatham Islands. Air Commodore Darryn…
Pacific Explorer Comes to the Aid of Distressed Yacht
The cruise ship Pacific Explorer which departed Auckland on Friday, had to divert its course and respond to a distress call from a New Zealand-flagged yacht, which had a broken mast. Tragically, one life was lost during the incident involving the distressed yacht. Maritime New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre confirmed.
Bayesian yacht captain faces manslaughter probe after deadly ...
James Cutfield, 51, was the head of crew aboard the 56-meter (184-foot) sailing boat when it capsized in the throes of a ferocious storm last Monday, killing six passengers, including British ...
Who was onboard tech mogul Mike Lynch's Bayesian yacht?
The yacht, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites and a crew of 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. It was last refitted in 2020.
Sicily Bayesian yacht sinking
One man has died and six people are missing after a luxury yacht sank in freak weather conditions off the coast of Sicily. The 56m British-flagged Bayesian was carrying 22 people - 12 passengers ...
French yachtie airlifted from yacht in distress off North Cape
A French sailor has been rescued from a stricken yacht, 28 nautical miles off the coast of North Cape. An emergency beacon was set off on the Juan Sabulan after its motor failed and rigging and sails were damaged, the Rescue Coordination Centre said.. Weather and sea conditions in the area were poor, Maritime New Zealand said.
Captain of Sicily Yacht Under Investigation After Sinking: Reports
Per Italian news agency Ansa, the boat's commander, James Cutfield, 50, of New Zealand, is now officially under investigation for "negligent shipwreck and multiple counts of negligent homicide ...
Fiji cruise diverts to yacht in distress call overnight in ...
Local weather is currently preventing the cruise ship from lowering a small-boat tender to reach the yacht. A spokeswoman for P&O Australia confirmed the Pacific Explorer was "requested to ...
New Zealand food bank unknowingly distributes lollies made from
A charity working with homeless people in New Zealand unknowingly distributed lollies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine. ... say the boat, carrying 106 kilograms of the ...
Body Found in Search For Mike Lynch's Teen Daughter Hannah
The yacht was built in 2008 by the Italian shipmaker Perini, according to the website Yacht Charter Fleet. It was designed to carry up to 12 passengers and 10 crew members. The vessel was capable ...
HMNZS Wellington helps yacht in distress
The Royal New Zealand Navy's offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has helped a yacht that had sent a mayday signal after drifting into rocks off the east coast of the Northland region this…
Body recovered near sunken Sicily yacht believed to be that of chef
The body of a man recovered near the Bayesian yacht is believed to be that of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat Six people are still missing after British luxury ...
Mike Lynch, British Tech Entrepreneur, Among the Missing After Yacht
There was no distress signal from the yacht, the coast guard said. Karsten Borner, the captain of the boat that rescued survivors, told RAI TV that the "yacht tipped to its side and sank within ...
Cruise Ship Rescues Yacht, One Dead in Fiji Boat Mishap
Cruise Ship Rescues Yacht Twelve hours after the distress call, the cruise ship P&O Pacific Explorer was the first to arrive on the scene at 1 a.m. on September 25.
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The small yacht was first intercepted by P&O cruise ship the Pacific Explorer at 1am this morning. The 2000-passenger pleasure cruiser was repositioning from Auckland to Suva in the Fijian islands ...
A seaboat launched from Te Mana faced severe storm conditions in the rescue of a lone sailor of a catamaran in distress near the Hen and Chicken Islands near Whangarēi. HMNZS Te Mana deployed into the Hauraki Gulf on Monday evening as part of the search and rescue mission for the vessel. The vessel's anchor cable had snapped, and the yacht ...
One dead as cruise ship comes to aid of NZ yacht in distress. The crew of a New Zealand-flagged yacht has been offloaded, 12 hours after sending a mayday signal in the waters south of Fiji. The ...
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) requested NZDF support to locate the yacht after it activated its distress beacon early this morning. Norfolk is a small island in the Pacific Ocean about 1000 kilometres north of New Zealand.
A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on board Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Te Mana. His anchor broke and he drifted out to sea, close to the centre of Cyclone Gabrielle. ... The vessel's anchor cable had snapped, and the yacht had grounded in Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island with strong winds then causing it ...
Maritime NZ plans to meet the skipper of a boat which made a distress call last night, sparking a major search and rescue operation. The yacht Tribe made a distress call to Maritime NZ about 6.30pm yesterday, showing the vessel's location near Waiheke. After an initial search of the area failed to locate the yacht, search and rescue agencies ...
Dramatic high-seas rescue witnessed by 2000 Kiwi cruise passengers. The pleasure yacht in distress was found by the Pacific Explorer in the early hours of this morning. (Photo / Ali Gilchrist ...
The 184-foot sailing yacht Bayesian is seen in an undated file photo provided by SuperYacht Times. ... The ship's captain, 51-year-old New Zealand national James Cutfileld, was questioned for two ...
A French national has been rescued from a yacht in distress 51km off the coast of North Cape this morning. The Maritime NZ Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) said that the Juan Sabula activated its emergency position-indicating radio beacon due to loss of motor and damage to its rigging and sails. Two EMS helicopters, one from Auckland and one ...
A boatie is feared missing at sea near Auckland's Great Barrier Island as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches.. A police spokeswoman said police responded to reports of a boat in distress about 2.15am ...
The 47ft Bavaria yacht was returning to New Zealand from Fiji. According to a report in NZ Herald today, October 16, the yacht Essence was to be sold at the end of this voyage. ... A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on board Royal NZ Navy frigate Te Mana A man on a catamaran in distress has been rescued and is safe on ...
A search for the yacht Tribe and the two people believed to be on-board was launched by NZ's Rescue Co-ordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) around 6.30pm on Wednesday after a brief and partial Mayday call ...
The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged luxury yacht, went down near the Mediterranean island in southern Italy last Monday. Investigators are focusing on how a sailing vessel deemed ...
A spokeswoman for P&O Australia confirmed to NZ Herald the Pacific Explorer was "requested to assist a yacht in distress south of Fiji". "P&O received a call for assistance from the New Zealand ...
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has found the New Zealand-owned yacht that made a distress call at dawn off the coast of Fiji. Air Commodore Darryn Webb, the Air Component Commander, said a… Open in app
The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht's 250-foot mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one ...
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping search for a yacht that activated its emergency beacon yesterday afternoon about 1600 kilometres east of the Chatham Islands. Air Commodore Darryn…
The cruise ship Pacific Explorer which departed Auckland on Friday, had to divert its course and respond to a distress call from a New Zealand-flagged yacht, which had a broken mast. Tragically, one life was lost during the incident involving the distressed yacht. Maritime New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre confirmed.
James Cutfield, 51, was the head of crew aboard the 56-meter (184-foot) sailing boat when it capsized in the throes of a ferocious storm last Monday, killing six passengers, including British ...
The yacht, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites and a crew of 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. It was last refitted in 2020.
One man has died and six people are missing after a luxury yacht sank in freak weather conditions off the coast of Sicily. The 56m British-flagged Bayesian was carrying 22 people - 12 passengers ...
A French sailor has been rescued from a stricken yacht, 28 nautical miles off the coast of North Cape. An emergency beacon was set off on the Juan Sabulan after its motor failed and rigging and sails were damaged, the Rescue Coordination Centre said.. Weather and sea conditions in the area were poor, Maritime New Zealand said.
Per Italian news agency Ansa, the boat's commander, James Cutfield, 50, of New Zealand, is now officially under investigation for "negligent shipwreck and multiple counts of negligent homicide ...
Local weather is currently preventing the cruise ship from lowering a small-boat tender to reach the yacht. A spokeswoman for P&O Australia confirmed the Pacific Explorer was "requested to ...
A charity working with homeless people in New Zealand unknowingly distributed lollies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine. ... say the boat, carrying 106 kilograms of the ...
The yacht was built in 2008 by the Italian shipmaker Perini, according to the website Yacht Charter Fleet. It was designed to carry up to 12 passengers and 10 crew members. The vessel was capable ...
The Royal New Zealand Navy's offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has helped a yacht that had sent a mayday signal after drifting into rocks off the east coast of the Northland region this…
The body of a man recovered near the Bayesian yacht is believed to be that of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat Six people are still missing after British luxury ...
There was no distress signal from the yacht, the coast guard said. Karsten Borner, the captain of the boat that rescued survivors, told RAI TV that the "yacht tipped to its side and sank within ...
Cruise Ship Rescues Yacht Twelve hours after the distress call, the cruise ship P&O Pacific Explorer was the first to arrive on the scene at 1 a.m. on September 25.