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Yacht towed to Heligoland after repeated engine failures
In April 2026, the 'Soggy Dollar' ran aground on the Rhinplate during the Hamburg–Glückstadt race. The damage to the hull was repaired by the Jensen shipyard in Wedel. By early August, the boat was back in working order. The chemist Sandra Saladin, who has been sailing for ten years and has been skippering yachts herself for the past two years, along with a couple she is friends with, intended to sail from Wedel via Glückstadt and Cuxhaven to Heligoland, on to Wittdün on Amrum and then to Hörnum upon Sylt within ten days. On the way into the port of Cuxhaven, the engine conked out. First, the crew hoisted the sails again. But with the entrance to Cuxhaven being narrow and the current strong, sailing into the port seemed too risky. Saladin managed to start the engine again, but it was barely running. She positioned the yacht almost perpendicular to the entrance and let the current carry the Bavaria 36 in, and took the first available mooring, opposite the petrol station, before the engine failed again. In Cuxhaven, a technician from the local engine workshop turned up. He suspected condensation from winter storage and told the crew they could carry on sailing and should simply use the engine more often. The next day, the 'Soggy Dollar' set sail for Heligoland. Due to a north-westerly wind, the yacht was still around three nautical miles off the island at 7.30 p.m. The engine was started, but the revs went out of control, and the engine conked out again. Saladin called Bremen Rescue. The daughter boat 'Verena' of the DGzRS lifeboat 'Hermann Marwede' safely towed the yacht into the harbour. Report with photos: https://www.yacht.de/en/special/people/following-a-collision-and-engine-failure-a-steel-buddy-brings-the-soggy-dollar-home/
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