Drama in St Tropez

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This is being reported this morning on Riviera Radio. Anyone know anything?

Twelve people have been rescued from two yachts in St Tropez. The two yachts ran aground and collided with each other during bad weather on Sunday. Ten people were taken off one yacht, which was 30 metres in length. Two people were taken off the other 23 metre yacht. No injuries were reported and no pollution has been caused.
 
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Was there at the WE it’s less than an hour away @30 knots , it was quiet in the marina .
There are shoals and rocks well marked near the edges of the bay and Pampelone head land .
 
I’m thinking same thing. Tcm’s LS23 was refloated and fixed, and was back in service. It had silver painted waist line, but I wouldn’t jump to conclusions yet. I’ll check some more, later.
 
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My guess they either dragged unlikely or actually grounded where those red dots are ^^^^

That’s sheltered from the W .
That bay again one needs to be careful re shoals esp the S edge .

Safest place is where I was and doing what I was doing letting rip and leaving it all behind .
 
I recall that here (40km west) the wind was coming from the northwest at F10/11 on Sat night Sun morning. Not a night to be out on
 
Whitelighter said:
Couple of almost unsaleable large boats.

As long as no-one was injured and the premiums were paid up it might not be a total disaster
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Correct about nobody being injured but given the size of the marine insurance market, bad for everyone else's premiums!
 
Whitelighter said:
Couple of almost unsaleable large boats.

As long as no-one was injured and the premiums were paid up it might not be a total disaster
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That may be the case but it would be a sad ending for TCM's boat (if that's the one). I still remember his original build thread. I guess it wasn't worth more than a few hundred thousand so would I be right in thinking it's likely be an insurance write off? Probably destined to spend years on the hard somewhere being tinkered on by some optimistic soul who thinks he can restore it.

Incidentally, does anyone know how two boats (with people on board) could have ended up on the rocks like this? Dragged anchors? Engine failure?
 
It’s more than just an insurance claim, I wouldn’t want to be held responsible for a potential environmental hazard in St Tropez just before the season
 
Portofino said:
My guess they either dragged unlikely or actually grounded where those red dots are ^^^^
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I doubt it. Your red dots are in Baie des Canebiers which is a recognised anchorage but doesnt look like the picture. In fact I think these boats went aground west of St Tropez harbour entrance just where the anchorage symbol on your chartplotter is which is borne out by the photo, the orientation of the boats and the likely direction of the wind

FYI generally Golfe de St Tropez is a dodgy place when there is any strong west or easterly component in the wind because the wind gets funneled down the gulf. We very nearly got caught out ourselves a few years ago when anchored in a similar position and an unforecast easterly gale blew up out of nowhere and we were very fortunate to get the last available visitor mooring in Port Grimaud for the night. And a very sleepless night it was even though we were tied to something solid
 
You're correct mike - that is west of St Tropez Harbour, not where Porto's red dots are

I can't tell which Leopard Sport 23 that is. I don't think it is TCM's old boat "Twiny" (that's its new name after the dry-out and refit) because Twiny had a dark silver waistline and that St Tropez boat is light silver, but it's hard to tell and anyway paint gets re-done from time to time.
 
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