Son writes off father’s £1.2m motor yacht in Saint-Tropez

[Bajansailor]

A very similar accident occurred in Miami a couple of days ago where a boat was run up on rocks at high speed and three young lads in their 20's died -
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/25/us/mlb-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dead/

 

[Trundlebug]

"The boat is reported to have a draught of 2.7 metres"

Ahem.
I'd have expected whoever posted such news on a boating website to know better than what "is reported", just looking at the photos...
Good to read that nobody was injured, anyway.

I think that's the new draught.
2.7m, or however deep the water is

 

[Erik C]

Sometimes it's not your own fault