Barca runs aground on a shoal in Calasetta, four yachtsmen saved

Emergency in the night in the canal of San Pietro. A 13-meter motor boat ran aground in a shoal in front of the Calasetta Saline beach. On board four tourists from northern Italy who asked for help. On the spot arrived the men of the Coast Guard of Carloforte who with the Cp869 patrol boat reached and recovered the four boaters, all in good condition, bringing them back to land.

"A dangerous situation, fortunately thwarted and presumably generated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the navigation route and by a lack of prior information on the part of the conductor of the unit on the current local ordinances and prohibitions", says the Port Authority, recalling that, " before embarking on any type of navigation at sea, it is necessary to consult the weather reports of the area of interest and any local ordinances ".

(Unioneonline / ss)