Concerns Over Yacht Safety -- New York Times
NICE — When the award-winning luxury motor yacht Yogi sank off a Greek island on Feb. 17, the yachting community was shocked.
Built last year at the Turkish shipyard Proteksan-Turquoise, the 60-meter, or 197-foot, Camper & Nicholsons boat won the Yachts Magazine prize for most innovative yacht of 2011, awarded at the Cannes international boat show.
The yacht, registered in France, sank off the coast of Skyros, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, reportedly as a result of a mechanical failure in heavy seas and gale-force winds.
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