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Three sailors had to be rescued after their boat was damaged by ‘several’ shark attacks.

A large part of the inflatable catamaran’s stern was torn away when it was attacked by multiple sharks in the Coral Sea, off the northeast coast of Australia.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said the boat was sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when the sharks attacked. Both hulls of the vessel were damaged.

The Tion, a nine-metre catamaran, was sailing on a round-the-world expedition and its crew set off an emergency positioning beacon about 519 miles southeast of Cairns early on Wednesday morning.

Rescue crews responded to the beacon and AMSA requested the assistance of a Panama-flagged vehicle carrier, the vehicle-carrying Dugong Ace, which successfully conducted the rescue.

A rescue plane also flew to the scene, capturing images of the catamaran starting to sink.

The three passengers – two Russian and one French citizen aged between 28 and 64 – are due to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.

The three men on board the boat were unharmed, said Anna Kosikhina, a spokesperson for the voyage, which began two years ago and aimed to promote Russia and Siberia.

‘They were all intact. Nobody is hurt,’ she said.

‘The only thing is that the balloons of the inflatable catamaran were blown away.’

This was not the first accident on the voyage, Kosikhina said, with the steering device of a previous vessel failing during a previous leg from Chile to Easter Island.

‘The three males were very happy to be rescued, and they’re all healthy and well,’ added Joe Zeller, duty manager at the agency’s Canberra response centre.

He said the GPS-encoded emergency beacon had saved the men’s lives by allowing rescuers to quickly pinpoint their location and mount an appropriate rescue.

Mr Zeller added there were many reasons why a shark may attack a boat, ‘however, the motivations of these sharks is unclear’.

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Sailors rescued after several shark attacks damage inflatable catamaran in Coral Sea: Video

Under the cover of night Wednesday, maritime authorities in Australia recued a sailing party after several shark attacks damaged their sinking catamaran drifting in the Coral Sea, officials said.

An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m. local time after someone on board the vessel sent a distress signal out, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported.

The vessel, named Tion, departed from Vanuatu in the South Pacific and was en route to Cairns in Queensland, Australia when contact was established, maritime officials wrote in a release. The Coral Sea, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, extends east of Australia and New Guinea and south of the Solomon Islands.

Watch the sailors get rescued after several sharks damaged their inflatable catamaran.

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A ping and 'several shark attacks'

After reviving the distress alert, officials dispatched a Cairns-based Challenger Rescue Aircraft to the catamaran's location. A large vehicle carrier sailing under a Panama-flag also assisted in the mission.

Rescue crews said the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks and found three people on board − two Russians and one French citizen.

Crews rescued all three people, officials said.

Victims expected to arrive on land Thursday

No injuries were reported and the trio was expected to arrive in Brisbane, Australia Thursday morning.

Maritime officials reminded boaters to always bring a registered beacon when out on the water.

"It could help save your life," officials said in the release.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior correspondent for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @nataliealund.

Three sailors rescued from shark-bitten catamaran off Australia

Officials said sharks attacked the inflatable catamaran and tore off large chunks of the vessel’s hull.

Three men on board a catamaran off the northeastern coast of Australia have been rescued after sharks tore off sections from the hull of their inflatable vessel, according to officials.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said the three sailors – two Russian and one French citizen – were rescued early on Wednesday.

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They were picked up by a Panama-flagged vehicle carrier – the Dugong Ace – while floating in the Coral Sea, some 835km (519 miles) southeast of Cairns in Australia.

Satellite photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the nine-metre (30-foot) yacht torn away.

“Both hulls of the vessel have been damaged following several shark attacks,” AMSA said in a statement.

The authority said the sailors, aged between 28 and 64, had planned to sail from the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu to Cairns, a distance of more than 2,000km (1,200 miles). They activated an emergency distress beacon in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The three sailors are due to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday, AMSA said.

“There’s many reasons why vessels are attacked by sharks. However, the motivations of these sharks are unclear,” said Joe Zeller, the acting manager of the AMSA Response Centre. The three sailors “were very happy to be rescued and they are all healthy and well and aboard the Dugong Ace,” he added.

The Coral Sea where the men were found is brimming with reef sharks.

According to the Australian government, it is home to more sharks “than almost any other survey site in the world”.

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Boat ripped apart during shark attack as sailors narrowly escape

A boat was ripped apart after sharks attacked a catamaran off the northeastern coast of Australia .

Three people were rescued following the terrifying attack.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) said both the hulls of the vessel, located in the Coral Sea near Cairns , were damaged after several shark attacks.

Satellite images and a video available on the Amsa website showed a substantial portion of the yacht’s stern being ripped apart.

The yacht was located about 835km (519 miles) southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea when rescue teams responded to the emergency at about 1.30am on Wednesday.

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3 sailors reach land safely after sharks nearly sink their catamaran

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In this photo provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, a partially submerged catamaran is shown during a rescue of 3 sailors in the Coral Sea, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Three sailors from Russia and France were rescued on Wednesday after the inflatable catamaran they were trying to navigate from Vanuatu to Australia came under attack from sharks, authorities said. (Australian Maritime Safety Authority via AP)

CANBERRA – Three round-the-world sailors reached land safely Thursday after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea.

Both of the inflatable hulls on their 9-meter (30-foot) boat were damaged in several attacks by what were thought to be cookiecutter sharks — a small species not considered dangerous to people. Aerial photos of the men's rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.

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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue of the two Russian and one French sailor after they activated an emergency beacon early Wednesday 835 kilometers (519 miles) southeast of the Queensland state city of Cairns. The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbor on the Sunshine Coast north of the Queensland capital Brisbane on Thursday, the authority said.

Rescued sailor Stanislav Beryozkin said he suspected the sharks mistook his boat for a whale.

He said the crew had prepared for sharks, but not for such numbers. “There were many. Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more,” Beryozkin told Seven News television.

They had used double-layered material to protect the inflatable hulls. “But some of them jump and bite above the double material,” he said.

Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

Cookie cutter sharks grow to between 42 centimeters and 56 centimeters (17 inches and 22 inches) long and are named for the circular holes that bite in prey.

Joe Zeller, duty manager at the maritime agency’s Canberra response center, said the emergency beacon had saved the sailors’ lives.

“The emergency beacon absolutely saved their life. It enabled the Rescue Coordination Center to identify the precise location and tailor the most appropriate and quickest response to rescue them,” Zeller told Australia Broadcasting Corp.

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Small cookiecutter sharks revealed to have attacked catamaran sparking dramatic rescue

Three round-the-world sailors reached land safely on Thursday after a shoal of 40-centimetre cookiecutter sharks nearly sank their catamaran.

Both of the inflatable hulls on their nine-metre boat were damaged in attacks by the small species which are not considered dangerous to people.

Aerial photos of the men’s rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged with a front section of one hull completely missing.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue of the two Russian and one French sailor after they activated an emergency beacon on Wednesday some 520 miles south-east of the Queensland city of Cairns.

The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbour north of Brisbane today.

Rescued sailor Stanislav Beryozkin said he suspected the sharks had mistaken his boat for a whale.

“There were many. Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more,” he told Seven News television.

They had used double-layered material to protect the inflatable hulls. “But some of them jump and bite above the double material,” he said.

Mr Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St Petersburg in Russia on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

Cookiecutter sharks grow to between 42 centimeters and 56 centimeters (17 inches and 22 inches) long and are named for the circular holes they bite in prey.

Joe Zeller, duty manager at the maritime agency’s Canberra response centre, said the emergency beacon had saved the sailors’ lives.

“The emergency beacon absolutely saved their life. It enabled the Rescue Coordination Centre to identify the precise location and tailor the most appropriate and quickest response to rescue them,” Mr Zeller told Australia Broadcasting Corp.

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3 sailors safe after sharks nearly sink catamaran on round-the-world trip

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three round-the-world sailors reached land safely Thursday after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea.

Both of the inflatable hulls on their 9-meter (30-foot) boat were damaged in several attacks by what were thought to be cookiecutter sharks — a small species not considered dangerous to people. Aerial photos of the men’s rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue of the two Russian and one French sailor after they activated an emergency beacon early Wednesday 835 kilometers (519 miles) southeast of the Queensland state city of Cairns. The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbor on the Sunshine Coast north of the Queensland capital Brisbane on Thursday, the authority said.

Rescued sailor Stanislav Beryozkin said he suspected the sharks mistook his boat for a whale.

He said the crew had prepared for sharks, but not for such numbers. “There were many. Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more,” Beryozkin told Seven News television.

They had used double-layered material to protect the inflatable hulls. “But some of them jump and bite above the double material,” he said.

Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

Cookie cutter sharks grow to between 42 centimeters and 56 centimeters (17 inches and 22 inches) long and are named for the circular holes that bite in prey.

Joe Zeller, duty manager at the maritime agency’s Canberra response center, said the emergency beacon had saved the sailors’ lives.

“The emergency beacon absolutely saved their life. It enabled the Rescue Coordination Center to identify the precise location and tailor the most appropriate and quickest response to rescue them,” Zeller told Australia Broadcasting Corp.

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3 sailors safe after sharks nearly sink catamaran on round-the-world trip

C ANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three round-the-world sailors reached land safely Thursday after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea.

Both of the inflatable hulls on their 9-meter (30-foot) boat were damaged in several attacks by what were thought to be cookiecutter sharks — a small species not considered dangerous to people. Aerial photos of the men’s rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue of the two Russian and one French sailor after they activated an emergency beacon early Wednesday 835 kilometers (519 miles) southeast of the Queensland state city of Cairns. The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbor on the Sunshine Coast north of the Queensland capital Brisbane on Thursday, the authority said.

Rescued sailor Stanislav Beryozkin said he suspected the sharks mistook his boat for a whale.

He said the crew had prepared for sharks, but not for such numbers. “There were many. Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more,” Beryozkin told Seven News television.

They had used double-layered material to protect the inflatable hulls. “But some of them jump and bite above the double material,” he said.

Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

Cookie cutter sharks grow to between 42 centimeters and 56 centimeters (17 inches and 22 inches) long and are named for the circular holes that bite in prey.

Joe Zeller, duty manager at the maritime agency’s Canberra response center, said the emergency beacon had saved the sailors’ lives.

“The emergency beacon absolutely saved their life. It enabled the Rescue Coordination Center to identify the precise location and tailor the most appropriate and quickest response to rescue them,” Zeller told Australia Broadcasting Corp.

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Two Russians and a Frenchman who were sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns activated an SOS signal after both of the boat’s hulls were damaged during “several shark attacks” 519 miles off the Australian coast, southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea

• 23:00, 6 Sep 2023

A group of sailors on an around-the-world trip ran into trouble when their catamaran was torn apart by sharks.

The two Russians and a French national on-board, who were tracing the knots of a 19th Century adventurer, let off an SOS after the hulls of both the boats they were sailing on sustained damage amid "several shark attacks".

They were around 520 miles off the coast of Cairns in Australia's Coral Sea when the monster fish attacked them, they said as they recounted the experience online. The first incident happened on September 4, but the sharks weren't finished and returned the next day, causing them to sink.

In aerial photos taken by an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) plane, the catamaran could be seen flooded with water. The crew were rescued after AMSA officials sent a distress call to a Panama-registered car carrier called the Dugong Ace. The ship, which was around 30 nautical miles away at the time, changed its course and managed to find the the sailors.

Miraculously, none of them had sustained any injuries during the incident, and they were able to climb up the long boarding ladder unaided.

The three men, whose ages ranged from 28 to 64, were "very happy to be rescued and they are all healthy and well and aboard the Dugong Ace,” according to acting manager of the AMSA Response Centre Joe Zeller. Zeller added: “There’s many reasons why vessels are attacked by sharks . However, the motivations of these sharks are unclear.."

The crew and their catamaran were on a three-year re-enactment voyage, tracing the same route made by a Russian explorer in the 19th Century. A spokesperson for Russian Ocean Way said it wasn't the first accident during the voyage, and that the steering device of another vessel failed as they crossed from Chile to Easter Island.

An AMSA spokesperson said they were lucky considering a large part of the boat, its right aft, had been lost to the sea.

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Three sailors rescued after catamaran Tion attacked by sharks in Coral Sea south-east of Cairns, Queensland

• AMSA coordinated sailors' rescue
• Sailors to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday

By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:39 EDT, 6 September 2023 | Updated: 07:57 EDT, 6 September 2023

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Three foreign sailors have been rescued after several terrifying encounters with sharks that destroyed their catamaran off the Australian east coast.

Russian adventurers Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin and Frenchman Vincent Beaujeu were sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns on their 9m long inflatable catamaran Tion when several shark attacks damaged both hulls.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue in the Coral Sea south-east of Cairns after responding to a radio distress beacon from the trio's vessel around 1.30am Wednesday.

AMSA requested the assistance of Panama-flagged cargo ship Dugong Ace and deployed the Cairns-based challenger rescue aircraft to the scene 835km away.

The rescue vessel and aircraft reached the stricken sailors three hours later.

Dramatic photos and footage released by the AMSA show the catamaran began sinking during the rescue mission.

Sailors Evgeny Kovalevsky, Vincent Beaujeu and Stanislav Berezkin were heading to Cairns when disaster struck

READ MORE: Aussie castaway rescued after three months adrift

The sailors were successfully rescued and are scheduled to back on dry land in  Brisbane  on Thursday morning.

The trio are believed to be good health.

'They're very lucky … it's rare to have a vessel so close in such a remote location,' AMSA on-duty response centre manager Joseph Keller said.

'This operation shows once again that maritime rescue efforts transcend geopolitics and international boundaries. 

He added the catamaran's stern had been ripped apart by sharks.

'A large section of the vessel, the right aft, had been completely removed and destroyed,' Mr Zeller said.

'The Dugong Ace took the sailors on via a boarding ladder, which would have been a hairy situation itself, climbing up the side of the ship.' 

Mr Kovalevsky and fellow adventurer Beryozkin were two thirds into a three year voyage tracing the first 19th century Russian around-the-world expedition

The 9minflatable catamaran (pictured) began taking on during rescue efforts

The trio were rescued from their damaged vessel 835km from their next destination Cairns

The pair and French crew member Mr Beaujeu left Vanuatu a week ago and had hoped to arrive in Cairns next Monday.

The trio were fully aware their upcoming voyage across the Pacific wouldn't be smooth sailing.

'We set off from Vanuatu, from the island of Efate, where we had been moored for a week, made repairs. We are going to Cairns, Australia,' Mr Kovalevsky told the Russian Geographical Society last week.

'The waves are up to three meters; the breeze is up to 20 knots, probably. At times it will pick up to all 25.'

The sailors had spent ten days in Vanuatu while repairs were made to their catamaran, including a fractured hull and earlier damage from cigar sharks.

'We were amazed at how easy it turned out. We start the engine, we go out of the lagoon, and we'll set sails at the exit. See you in Australia,' Mr Kovalevsky added.

It's currently unknown when or whether the sailors will continue their voyage.

Wednesday's rescue serves as a timely reminder for sailors always to carry a distress beacon whenever on the water and ensure it's registered with AMSA.

The catamaran (pictured) has been damaged by several sharks in recent weeks

Cargo ship Dugong Ace (left) rescued the sailors and is en route to Brisbane

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Three rescued after sharks attack inflatable yacht off australian coast.

Photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away. Photo: AMSA / supplied

Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Wednesday.

Photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away.

"The vessel departed from Vanuatu and was bound for Cairns (Australia) when contact was established. Both hulls of the vessel have been damaged following several shark attacks," the AMSA said in a statement.

Rescue crews responded to an emergency positioning beacon registered to the Tion, a nine-metre inflatable catamaran on a round-the-world expedition, early on Wednesday morning. The yacht was located about 835km southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.

AMSA requested the assistance of a Panama-flagged vehicle carrier, which successfully conducted the rescue.

The three passengers - two Russian and one French citizen - are due to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday, AMSA said.

The three men on board the boat were unharmed, said Anna Kosikhina, a spokesperson for the voyage, which she said was aimed at promoting Russia and Siberia and began two years ago.

"They were all intact. Nobody is hurt," she said.

"The only thing is that the balloons of the inflatable catamaran were blown away."

This was not the first accident on the voyage, Kosikhina said, with the steering device of a previous vessel failing during a previous leg from Chile to Easter Island.

The crew continued the expedition on an inflatable catamaran by the same manufacturer that had been stored on the island for several years.

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