Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Meob Bay" & "Miscky" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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60. "Meob Bay"
Date: 07.06.2002
Near Luderitz.
MFV Meob Bay, belonging to Marco Fishing, capsized off the coast of Luderitz in June 2002, resulting in the loss of 19 lives. It was worst ever maritime disaster in Namibia. It was sailing from Luderitz when disaster struck. A piece of drifting rope, attached to an anchor on the ocean floor, which had been left in the ocean, allegedly by a diamond-mining vessel, Lady S, which belonged to a South African-registered company, Gemfarm, was picked up by the MFV Meob Bay's propeller. With the rope becoming entangled in the propeller, the ship was doomed. Attached to the rope, the powerless vessel swung around to have its rear towards the swell which, with a strong wind of 36 knots, was between four and six metres high. Unable to ride the swell because it was fastened to the rope, the boat quickly started to take in water. Within a matter of five to ten minutes, she sank. Of the crew of 28, only nine survived. The bodies of 12 of the other crew members were later recovered from the bitterly cold water. The other seven crew members are still missing, presumed dead. With that, the sinking of the MFV Meob Bay was the maritime disaster with the highest death toll yet in Namibian waters.
61. "Miscky"
Date: 22.12.2013
False Cape Fria
The 43-foot sailing yacht "Miscky" was found on the afternoon of 22 December 2013 near False Cape Fria (Skeleton Coast National Park) in the surf on the beach. The boat was unmanned across the Atlantic after its owner, South African Mike Kuun, left the ship after a dramatic rescue operation on the high seas. "It was a strange find," said Johan van Rooyen, manager of Northern Namibia Development Company (NNDC). And: "At first we thought: Where are the people?" Van Rooyen found the owner after an extensive Internet search. However, Kuun was no longer interested in the ship. "He told us we could recover the valuables." But the ship itself will be another wreck on the notorious Skeleton Coast, because it was almost impossible to remove the 20 ton yacht. The surrounding area was a logistical nightmare for a rescue operation. According to various South African media reports, the owner of the "Miscky", Kuun, wanted to sail from East London in South Africa to the Caribbean. He and his girlfriend had first sailed to Saldanha Bay. His companion went ashore there and Kuun continued the trip alone. The next destination should be St. Helena Island. About 350 nautical miles from South Africa, he was in distress because of a defective rigging (sailing equipment). He had notified his girlfriend who triggered the emergency call. Kuun was saved by the "Aqua Fortune" oil tanker on December 22 and gave up the yacht that has been floating in the Atlantic since then.
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