Sailing Yacht "SMA SOLO SAILOR" 2015

On 16 December 2015, our salvage tug "TSAVLIRIS HELLAS" was dispatched from her permanent salvage station at Ponda Delgada, Azores, to the assistance of the yacht "SMA SOLO SAILOR" which had been abandoned by her crew, in heavy weather, about 150 nautical miles north-west off Azores.

On 18 December, the "TSAVLIRIS HELLAS" found the yacht drifting approximately 180 miles north-east of Ponda Delgada.

Due to severe weather/sea conditions, it was not possible to transfer the SMA team  (already onboard the "TSAVLIRIS HELLAS" from Ponda Delgada) to the yacht.  The S/T "TSAVLIRIS HELLAS" returned back to Ponda Delgada with the SMA team onboard.