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The schooner was built in Magdeburg, East Germany in 1957 and launched under the name Robert. [1] In 1991, she was refitted to give the appearance of a Baltimore Clipper and named after the founder of the scouting movement, Sir Robert Baden Powell. [2] She took part in the 2008 Brest Maritime Festival.
Karsten Borner, captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, has been recounting the ordeal in a new ITV documentary airing tonight. Captain of ship near Bayesian describes terrifying moment boat sunk ...
UK's vessel Bayesan, left, and the Dutch sailboat Sir Robert Baden Powell at anchor off the Sicilian village of Porticello near Palermo, Italy, on Aug. 18, 2024. Who was on the yacht that sunk?
Karsten Borner, captain of the sailing boat Sir Robert Baden Powell, is pictured on a small boat in Porticello near Palermo, on August 20, 2024 a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht ...
[23] [24] Karsten Borner, captain of Sir Robert Baden Powell anchored nearby said that, in the event, the wind was "violent, very violent" and thought it reached force 12 on the Beaufort scale — hurricane strength. He said: "It was tonnes of water coming down. I never saw that before, there was a water tornado". [24]
The inquest was told by another witness that the person in charge of the vessel should have foreseen the danger posed by the wind and moored before raising sail. The founder of the Boy Scouts movement, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and the headquarters of the Sea Scouts Association sent their condolences. [2]
Karsten Borner, the captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, which rescued the 15 survivors who managed to get into a lifeboat, said he was close enough to be able to see the Bayesian as the storm ...
Saba Yacht: 2010: Wooden gulet E-volution: 42.20 m (138 ft) Perini Navi: Reichel/Pugh: 2019: Aluminium sloop Mariette: 42.05 m (138 ft) Herreshoff Manufacturing Company: Nathanael Greene Herreshoff: 1916: Steel gaff schooner Croce del Sud: 42.00 m (138 ft) Cantiere Martinolich: Nicolò Martinolich: 1931: Steel 3-mast schooner Sir Robert Baden ...