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Yacht skipper Mutilba lost in Ionian Sea
Juan José Mutilba Obregón, a 66-year-old businessman from Burgos, has been missing since Aug 18, after falling overboard from the 'Theoreme', on which he had set off along with his wife, Carmen Díez, from Syracuse on Aug 17 enroute to Pylos, approximately 120 miles southeast of Capo Spartivento. On Aug 18 between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m., Mutilba, had just caught a tuna when he slipped, possibly on the fish’s blood on the deck, and fell overboard. He managed to ask his wife to turn off the engine, but she, in a state of shock, did not know how or was unable to react in time, She held a Recreational Boat Captain’s License, which she had obtained years earlier, but had little experience operating the catamaran, which she had purchased in February 2026. She was unable to lower one of the sails or put the boat at anchor, so the sailboat drifted about 140–150 miles off the coast of Sicily. She tried to call for help by radio from the very beginning, but to no avail. For three days, she remained alone on board, unable to communicate due to a lack of signal, while the boat continued to drift. On the early morning of Aug 21, she managed to contact a family friend, an expert in navigation, who already suspected that something had happened since he hadn’t heard from the couple. He notified Salvamento Marítimo, which relayed the alert to the Greek and Italian authorities, that the sailboat was in need of assistance was located about 18 nautical miles from Pylos. Greek patrol boats and the local fishing vessel 'Ioanna-Marina-SP 314' located the boat adrift with Carmen as its sole occupant, who was in good physical condition. The boat was then towed to a Greek port. The official search for Mutilba began at around 6:30 a.m. Since then, Italy has continued the search using helicopters, Coast Guard aircraft, and with the assistance of merchant ships sailing in the area. The Reggio Calabria Coastguard's maritime rescue centre was coordinating the search operations with vessels and aerial resources. The family’s main concern was that the search would be called off before Mutilba has been found. Greek port authorities, for their part, have launched an investigation into what happened. Juan José Mutilba ran the company D’ors Informática for years and later founded Mutobre, which distributes water to businesses; he handed over management of the company to his son Sergio and a business partner in 2025.
Search for person lost over board
The MRCC Rome of the Italian Coast Guard launched a search for a crew member, who had fallen overboard from the 'Theoreme' on Aug 18, 2026, at 0630 a.m. UTC. The sailing yacht was enroute from from Syracuse to Pylos at tgat time. All transiting ships in the area were requested to keep a sharp lookout for the missing person. The 'Theoreme' safely berthed in Pylos on Aug 21.
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