Filenews 25 January 2023 - by Dora Christodoulou
A small yacht-type boat was spotted early in the morning stranded on rocks on the coast of Kissonerga, with no one on board and no one having informed the port authorities of assistance.
The small boat was spotted by passers-by who informed the authorities. A Coast Guard vessel went to the spot and actually spotted the boat stranded on rocks at a distance of about 30 metres from the beach, at the location "Potima".
No operator or other people were found on the boat, but nearby on the shore an inflatable small boat with oars was found, which indicates according to the officials that the operator of the boat abandoned it after the grounding on the shore.
The authorities estimate based on the size of the vessel and the inflatable that only one person was on board, for the finding of which investigations are being carried out in the wider area, in order to clarify the circumstances of the incident, but also to explain the failure to inform the authorities about the intentions of the vessel and the subsequent movements of its operator.
