Incidents in the Mediterranean.
Documented sailing emergencies in the Mediterranean — 4 records, each with sources, lessons, and links to the SeaWise procedures involved. Search by the water you're about to sail.
← Search & filter the full LogbookAnchor dragged during a sleeping watch with no alarm set; the boat grounded gently on a sandy beach overnight and was recovered undamaged at high water.
A Bavaria 42 dragged anchor at 03:00 during a meltemi wind shift, slipping toward a moored Greek caïque before the anchor alarm woke the skipper.
Two charter yachts tied alongside dragged a combined anchor in a 40 kt bora gust, drifting 200 m before the inside boat fendered off a rock outcrop.
Charter yacht dragged at 02:00 in a downburst and contacted a moored wooden trader; bow roller damage, caïque holed, both insured.