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Offshore supplier buried yacht in Barhöft

In the afternoon of Oct 9, 2016, at 5.18 p.m. the "Achiever" uponm returning from the wind farms Baltic 1 and Baltic 2, slammed into a Polish sailing yacht which was moored at the pier of the petrol station in Barhöft. The yacht had completed refuelling, and luckily the crew of two had left the boat to pay the bill at the office of the port captain. The "Achiever" failed to stop and buried the yacht under the two catamaran hulls. She broke lose from the quay, the forestay broke and the mast was split and fell onto the quay. Then the "Achiever" pushed the boat onto the catamaran "Casper" which was berthed next to it, before finally being stopped. A propane bottle fell from the sailing yacht against the quay wall, and probably the valve was torn off so that gas escaped. Due to the prudent behaviour of the port captain, a possible explosion of the escaping gas was averted. The cause of the uncontrolled entry of the "Achiever" was the failure of the engine control to switch from forward to reverse so that the master could only push the emergency-stop-button. The Polish couple had just bought the yacht and intended to sail home to Poland. The boat was thought to be a total loss. Damage to the leisure boats was estimated to be around 60000 Euro, also the "Achiever" suffered damage. German reports with photos: http://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23&p=130373#p130373 http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Extra/Polizei-Report/Aktuelle-Beitraege/Daenisches-Schiff-rammt-Sportboote-60-000-Euro-Schaden