Yacht Had ‘No Idea About Making Safe Approach’
A visiting yacht with one person onboard “proved to have no idea about making a safe approach and was escorted to the customs dock by the Coast Guard,” on Friday.
A BMOC spokesperson said, “On the early hours of Friday morning an unknown Radar target was observed making a slow and unusual approach from the south, the vessel was observed off Chub Heads later in the morning, CCTV confirmed it to be an inbound sailing vessel which was was tracked on its approach along south shore.
“Repeated attempts to make contact by VHF radio failed and the coast guard and pilot boat were advised of the situation and requested to standby. When the vessel was off Castle Harbour at around 11:00 am the yacht made repeated attempts to sail into Castle Harbour and was observed very close to the rocks and breaking water within Castle Roads.
“The Coast Guard were dispatched from their base at Scenic House near Watford Bridge, Sandys and fortunately rendezvoused with the yacht before it went aground. The visiting 40 ft yacht “Mestizo” was found to be registered in Argentina with 1 person onboard who did not speak English.
“The visiting yacht proved to have no idea about making a safe approach and was escorted to the customs dock by the Coast Guard, on arrival at the dock the yacht was searched by Customs and Coast Guard before being allowed to anchor in the harbour.”
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