Mariners warned over debris from wrecked yacht off Jersey coast
MARINERS are being urged to be vigilant while sailing off Jersey’s coast as large pieces of debris from a £1.8m. yacht which sank last year continue to pose a hazard to vessels.
Small pieces of the yacht, including seat cushions and plastic covers, began to come ashore days after a salvage attempt was abandoned because the wreck was breaking up on the sea bed.
In recent days, larger sections of the vessel have started to wash up along St Aubin’s Bay and St Brelade’s Bay.
Some of the pieces are so big that they pose a hazard to vessels and Jersey Coastguard has issued a navigational warning urging mariners to ‘transit the area with caution’.
The motor yacht went down minutes after striking the Ruaudiere Buoy in St Aubin’s Bay on the evening of 17 November. Two people were rescued from a liferaft by the Fire and Rescue Service’s inshore boat.
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