Yacht Serena III sinks off Ft. Lauderdale

More strange things happening each day. We knew nothing until you posted. I would expect more information to be shared on it within a day or two. I had to laugh at the recovery of the jet ski, dinghy and life raft. Don't think that's probably much consolation to the owners.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/01/2...erway-for-sinking-boat-off-sunrise-boulevard/

Just came on the local news.

Well, 170' or so.

122' as far as I could find, built in 2012. Brazilian flag.

No, depth of 170'. Boat is 106'.

13 miles offshore is a lot deeper than 170'. Several thousand feet deeper.

13 people rescued with no loss of life or injuries is a good ending.

What would be the average crew number on a boat like this? 4-8 crew?

Same here. Told me there would be an envelope full of $100 bills for me if it happened. I never worked for him again.

Yep. That's my thinking as well. So how did they "run aground" as is the reported cause of the sinking?

good infrared videos just posted on Twitter from the USCG helicopter. It looks like it went down pretty quick.

Maybe running aground is the same as hitting something to the media?

Here's the link from the USCG Helo. That would be a sick feeling to be on a boat with that much water sloshing around. I'm anxious to hear what caused the water to get in the boat and cause excessive dampness.

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/447347/m-y-serena-iii-rescue

Meant 170 fathoms....I was sleepy when I typed it.

I didn't see anything about running aground.

Typically anywhere from 3-4. I would guess 4 with guests on board, but 5 crew at the most. My guess would be Captain, Mate, Chef, Stewardess. 5th could be a deckhand if doing a lot of tender activities. Boat's kind of small to have a full time engineer but not out of the question. But my guess would be 4.

That's a pretty large (and modern) vessel to just sink without the crew knowing why. Wouldn't it have had alarms and watertight compartments?

It was the speculation on the NBC local news:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/...t-Vessel-off-Sunrise-Boulevard-366495511.html

Most others have attributed it to mechanical failure. I was just poking fun at the media about it running aground in 1000 feet of water.

Story goes the boat is only 3 years old. Anybody know if that is true?