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Incidents in the Baltic Sea.

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Eckernförde Bay - A thunderstorm gust capsizes a sailboat under tow and throws a couple into the dark Baltic — the lifeboat crew pulls both outSailboat/2026/—/Capsize · Man overboard · Rescue

On the stormy night of 27–28 June 2026, a couple sheltered below on their sailboat, made fast to a mooring buoy in Eckernförde Bay on the western Baltic. The mooring failed and the boat drifted; a DGzRS lifeboat found them aboard and began a tow. Then a second thunderstorm hit with gusts to force 10, capsized the boat under tow, and threw both into the dark water — the lifeboat crew pulled both out unhurt within minutes.

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