Rimini, 17 June 2024 – They were two miles away from the coast, at the height of the Colonia Marina Bolognese Of Riminiwhen something went wrong during navigation and the vessel on board which there were three people: all from Rimini and Riccione, two men aged 56 and 37 and a woman aged 43, began to sink.
It happened yesterday afternoon around 6.30pm. A wrong maneuver with gusts of wind ranging from 19 to 25 knots (therefore 50-60 kilometers per hour) and in just a few minutes the boat, a sailing vessel under 10 meters, yes up side down causing the crew to end up overboard.
The request for help from the coast guard it came directly from the woman on board who reported problems with the vessel, the causes of which are not yet known. Shortly after the SOS the line was interrupted and the search began.
Fortunately, the daylight favored the work of the coast guard soldiers, who with the patrol boat and the fast boat managed toto locate the three castaways.
The vessel sank and was found to be unsalvageable, while the three occupants were secured and brought safely back to land at the port of Riccione around 9pm, the time the rescue operations ended.
