Update: 49m Schooner Eleonora E Being Scrapped Following Collision and Sinking

Posted on by March 3, 2023

Sad news. The Eleonora E is being scrapped.

Last June, we posted that the classic 49m schooner was struck by a 60m long search and rescue vessel in Port Tárraco, Tarragona, Spain, and subsequently sank. The search and rescue vessel Punta Mayor was maneuvering in the harbor and became stuck in reverse. The vessel struck Eleonora E at midships on the starboard side, crushing the schooner against a seawall.

Boat International reports that the yacht was left submerged for several weeks following the strike by a search and rescue vessel in June 2022. A refloating operation took place over the course of three weeks in September, and she was relocated to PTW-Shipyard in Tarragona where it was hoped she could be salvaged.

The water-damaged hull has since been moved to a scrapping facility in Vinaròs and the remains of the yacht are expected to be scrapped in the coming weeks. 

Built in 2000, at the Van der Graaf shipyard in Holland, Eleonora E is a replica of the Herreshoff-designed Westward, one of the most famous racing schooners in the world which raced against yachts such as Britannia and Lulworth in the early 1900s.

Thanks to Virginia Jones for contributing to this post.

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Update: 49m Schooner Eleonora E Being Scrapped Following Collision and Sinking — 1 Comment

  1. This news is sad indeed. Eleonora E was a mere 22 years young. A painting of her predecessor sailing in The Solent hangs prominently in my living room.