Until yesterday, the dinghy cruiser, which had been damaged on the Jade on Sunday, was anchored upside down on the edge of the tidal flats near Hooksiel. Then rescue workers cut the rig and the hull straightened itself up again. Today it was brought to Hooksiel. In the shipyard there, the damaged vessel is first examined by experts.
In the meantime, further details have been known or confirmed. The 30 mm dinghy cruiser from Schneidereit is relatively popular in the Frisian and East Frisian waters due to numerous regattas. The same applies to his crew, who are considered to be extremely experienced in sailing. The fateful blow on the Jade on Sunday served as a training session for the Wednesday regattas of the Horumersiel sailing comradeship season, which began tomorrow.
A popular boat on the coast - here under Spi at the Spiekeroog Starfish Memory Regatt 2015
In the entire sailing community on the Jade there is "deep sadness and sadness", as the "Nordwest-Zeitung" reports. The paper quotes local sailors who confirm that there was probably a sun shot in a heavy gust under spinnaker. As a result, the ten-meter-long yacht capsized.
The 49-year-old from Bingum, East Frisia, who died as a result of capsizing, leaves her husband and two sons behind, according to the newspaper.
