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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 ...
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 ...
During those fateful moments, a far older nearby yacht, the Sir Robert Baden Powell, built in 1957, was drifting on a similar course as the Bayesian and not only survived, but also came to help ...
[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 Dutch captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a yacht that was anchored near the Bayesian, said by phone Wednesday that he saw a thunderstorm come in at around 4 a.m. local ...
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.