Search resumes for sailboat that left Menorca on Sunday

The sailboat left some hours before the storm struck

Makan Angin.

Andrew EdePalma29/08/2023 08:06

The Maritime Safety Agency continues to ask all shipping to be extremely vigilant and report any sighting of the Makan Angin sailboat that left Cala Galadana in Menorca on Sunday morning bound for Cala d'Or.

A German man aged 50 and his 19-year-old son were on board the sailboat. Search efforts by the agency on Monday proved fruitless - boats and a helicopter have been involved.

Emergency services first received the alarm around 6pm on Sunday after a relative from Germany was unable to make contact.

Sea conditions since Sunday have not been good. For Tuesday, there are again alerts for rough conditions off Menorca and the north and northeast of Mallorca.

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Stephen Niven | about 1 year ago

So sad, golden hours wasted. Last contact was 10:00 around when the squall front hit, (you could see it coming, I was onshore on the north coast, and it hit like a freight train), but the alarm was raised only at 18:00, hours before darkness. No EPIRB, AIS or Mayday sent? Does nobody visit windy.com???

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