SHARKI

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Yacht off Cuxhaven raised

On Aug 13.8. the‚‘Sharki‘ was recovered by the German tug 'Wulf 4‘ (IMO: 9639737), on the outer Elbe off Cuxhaven. After the wreck had righted itself and the mast was sticking out of the water, an immediate salvage became necessary, and the salvage company Otto Wulf GmbH & Co. KG was tasked with the recovery. A diver fixed lifting gear, and the tug's crane lifted the wreck from 18 meters water depth. With only the bow and the mast visible above the water, the yacht was carefully towed into the port of Cuxhaven in the early evening by the tug 'Taucher Otto Wulf 3' (IMO: 5419244) and lifted ashore. German reports with photos and video: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfriesland/Segelschiff-Sharki-erfolgreich-geborgen,sharki130.html https://www.nord24.de/landkreis-cuxhaven/Vor-Cuxhaven-Havarierte-Sharki-wird-geborgen-46418.html https://www.norderlesen.de/Heute/Am-Haken-nach-Cuxhaven-46439.html

Yacht located in 16 meters water depth

The wreck of the 'Sharki' has been located on Aug 12 by the multi purpose ship 'Neuwerk' and the sounding vessel 'Grimmershörn' in a water depth of 16 meters with sonar assistance. The ship was resting on the bottom near fairway buoy 23 and has to be salvaged by the owners. The investigations were still on if the yacht in fact was in allision with the fairway buoy as stated by the Polish crew. The boat was enroute from Swinoujscie to Heligoland at the time of the accident.

Former Admiral's Cup winner sank off Cuxhaven

On Aug 11, 2020, short before 11 p.m. the 'Sharki' with a crew of seven on board allided with a fairway buoy five nautical miles west of Cuxhaven, suffered water ingress and started to sink. A mayday call alerted Bremen Rescue Radio which immediately contacted the boat. A woman reported the boat was sinking fast. The lifeboat ‘Anneliese Kramer‘ of the DGzRS-station Cuxhaven and the ‘Bürgermeister Brauer‘ of the water police in Hamburg, which was nearby, headed to the position. Bremen Rescue Radio issued an UMIB, and the Belgian cargo m/v ‘Fast Sam‘ (IMO: 9085455), on its way from Antwerp to Naestved reported to have located the sinking yacht and remained on standby while the crew of the boat had to abandon ship into a liferaft when it capsized at 11.30 p.m. The daughter boat ‘Mathias‘ of the lifeboat took on board the castaways - four men and three women - who were supplied with hot tea and dry clothes taken to Cuxhaven where they were accomodated by officers of the water police. Only one of them had suffered a minor cut. The daughter boat of the ‘Bürgermeister Brauer‘ took the liferaft on tow. The 'SHarki' had been heading to the Kiel Canal when the accident happened. It is the former 'Rubin' of the Hans Otto Schumann, who once presided the 'Deutsche Segler-Verbandes' and winner of the famous Admiral’s Cup in 1973 with the yacht.