Coastguard searches for possibly missing sailing yacht off Terschelling
Four people are believed to be on board; the condition of those aboard is unknown.
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The Coastguard began a search on Thursday for a red sailing yacht that may be sailing off Terschelling with four people on board. Someone waiting ashore had been unable to contact those aboard for around 24 hours.
According to a report on the search, the yacht is the Luna. Its last known position was north of Terschelling. The reported sailing plan ran via Heligoland along the Danish coast to Kristiansand in Norway.
Several lifeboats from the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) are searching around the Wadden Islands and in harbours. The German and Danish coastguards have also been informed, according to the report.
The condition and exact location of the four people aboard were unknown according to the latest available information. There is therefore still no confirmation that the yacht is in distress or that there are casualties.
The information comes from a single publicly available regional source that names the Coastguard and KNRM as the parties involved. No current public confirmation from the Coastguard itself could be found during this search.
We are therefore publishing this as a provisional report. New information about the search, the yacht's position or those aboard must first be confirmed by an official source.
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The publication remains strictly limited to what the only current source reports and flags the missing official confirmation. The uncertainty about the location and condition of those aboard is stated explicitly.
- confirmed The Coastguard launched a search on 12 November for a possibly missing red sailing yacht. — Reported by Strandweer.nu. source
- confirmed Four people are believed to be on board. — The source attributes this to the report about the yacht. source
- confirmed The condition of those aboard is unknown. — The source reports no contact or location and no confirmed outcome of the search. source