Yacht runs down and kills fisherman - the story can now be told



8:42 PM Sun 12 Dec 2010 GMT
'A frejgatina, traditional Maltese fishing boat, of the type that Gatt Baldacchino was driving when the collision occurred' . Click Here to view large photo
A tragic story of yachting misadventure that might, in other circumstances, happen to any of us, can now be told. In Malta, in July this year, the sailing yacht Sorcery ran into a frejgatina, a Maltese fishing boat, being driven by Gatt Baldacchino, 81. After the collision, the yacht owners, having risked their own lives by both diving into the water to save Mr Baldacchino, became separated from their their yacht in the confusion of the rescue and almost lost their own lives from drowning. Mr Baldacchino did not survive. Mr Baldacchino died because he was 'asphyxiated after swallowing too ...


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by Ariadne Massa, Times of Malta/Sail-World Cruising





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