A yacht, the "Saga" of about 40 meters in length, sank around 1 pm in the Gulf of Squillace, about 9 nautical miles from the coast of Catanzaro Marina.
The vessel, flying the Cayman Island flag, but with an Italian crew, was sailing from Gallipoli to Milazzo.
The occupants were all rescued.
Last night, the Operations Room of the Port Authority of Crotone was called by the command on board who reported that the ship was taking on water from the stern.
A Romanian patrol boat, in service on behalf of the Frontex agency, and the CP 321 patrol boat from Crotone were sent to the area.
The first four passengers and a crew member were immediately secured on the Romanian patrol boat and subsequently transferred to the patrol boat and taken to the port of Catanzaro Marina, while the shipping company contacted a towing company from Crotone to attempt recovery. of the unit.
At dawn the tug Alessandro Secondo from Crotone arrived and started towing the Saga towards Crotone, the only port where the ship could have entered,
taking on board four other crew members, including the commander.
But the situation got worse due to the weather conditions and the constant inclination of the yacht.
So much so that it seemed impossible to get to Crotone and the only possibility to save him turned out to be stranding.
Despite the effort, however, the water invaded the hull so it was necessary to give up the unit that sank in a very short time.
The maritime personnel of the Saga who were on board the tug, were transferred to the Cp 321 patrol boat to be taken to Catanzaro Marina.
An investigation will be launched to ascertain the reasons for the sinking.
