In the early morning hours of April 28th, the yacht Aegean disappeared and sank in the Newport to Ensenada Race. Wreckage of the sailboat and the bodies of the fours sailors who had been aboard were subsequently found nearby. After initial speculation that there … Continue reading
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Initial speculation included an explosion and then a collision with a larger vessel. Now an online GPS tracking system, SPOT, shows the yacht running onto the rocks on a far end of North Coronado Island at 1:36 a.m. Saturday. The Coronado Islands are about … Continue reading
Sometime late Friday night or early Saturdaymorning, near the Coronado Islands, during the 125-mile Newport-to-Ensenada yacht race, something went terribly wrong on the 37′ yacht Aegean, leaving three sailors dead and one missing. A statement issued this morning by the Newport Ocean Sailing Association, which hosts the … Continue reading