motor yacht yogi sinking

Yogi, adjudged the most innovative yacht of the year only a few months before at the Cannes International Boat Show, sank at 0845 on the gray morning of February 17th, just 19 nautical miles east-southeast of the island of Skíros, in approximately 300 fathoms, after at least five hours of taking on water while laying ignominiously awash ...

You may recall that Yogi sank on February 17, 2012 while off the coast of Skyros, Greece. According to the Hellenic Coast Guard, the captain reported that Yogi had suffered mechanical failure, was unmanageable due to the weather conditions, and was flooding. Eight individuals—seven crew plus the captain—were aboard.

Within a year of its launch, Yogi, a 197-foot megayacht built by Proteksan Turquoise, sank off Skíros, Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Watch here as the crew of a Hellenic Air Force helicopter approaches the foundering yacht and effects the rescue of the survival-suited crew from her pitching decks and a liferaft.

In February 2012, the yachting industry was shocked to learn that the acclaimed 197-foot Proteksan-Turquoise Yogi had sunk in the Aegean Sea. She was barely a year old and still collecting awards for her design and craftsmanship, and then suddenly, she was gone.

In 2012 superyacht Yogi sank off Skyros, Greece when she was en route from Turkey to the Mediterranean after a warranty paint period. Before the sinking of Yogi, Boat International was given an exclusive look at the 60.2m Proteksan Turquoise yacht.

In February 2012 a virtually new, $39 million megayacht sank in the Aegean Sea. Only the eight members of the crew were onboard, and they were airlifted to safety. Yogi was a 60m Turkish-build superyacht.

The 204-foot (60.2-meter) Yogi was 19 nautical miles off Skyros, Greece, early Friday morning when the captain contacted them. He reported that Yogi suffered mechanical failure, was unmanageable due to weather conditions, and was flooding. Eight individuals, all crew and including him, were aboard.

Following yesterday's news about the sinking of the 60.2m (198ft) Yogi off the coast of Greece, we have an exclusive interview with Mehmet Karabeyoglu, head of Proteksan Turquoise, the yacht's builder, who was understandably distraught over the incident.

The Bureau d’enquêtes sur les évènements de mer (BEAmer) has published the report of its safety investigation into the foundering of M/Y Yogi, which sank off the coast of Skyros on 17 February 2012. The report lists 10 points in its analysis of the causes of the sinking, citing six contributing factors, although a footnote asserts “the ...

Following the sinking of the superyacht Yogi in the Aegean in 2012, a French flag-state investigation was launched to discover the causes of the tragedy. Capt. Bill Pike reviews the facts of the case and looks closely at the resulting report, a very flawed document.