Yachting World | May 2016
WHY DID AN OYSTER LOSE IT'S KEEL AND SINK?
On the afternoon of 3 July, 2015, Polina Star III was sailing towards Alicante. The yacht, an extended version of the Oyster 825 (825 hull number 02), launched in May 2014, had returned from the Caribbean via the Azores and Maderia and now was on her way to Alicante so that the skipper, Alessi Cannoni, could meet a surveyor. Cannoni had long-running concerns about localised movement at the back end of the keel between the lead keel and the keel stub. Polina Star was approximately five miles south of Torrevieja and sailing at about 50°TWA on starboard tack under staysail and reefed main in around 18 knots of wind and seas of about 1.5m when the keel detached from the hull and the yacht capsized.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Yachting World May 2016.