Salvage efforts are to get underway today after the 48-metre motor yacht Elsa ran aground off the Caribbean island of Saba, located some 20 nautical miles from St Maarten. Details surrounding how the vessel ended up on the rocks in Ladder Bay are still unclear, but it is known that all guests and crew made it from the vessel unharmed. Mother nature was not so fortunate, however, as local reports suggest that diesel from the yacht’s 43,000-litre fuel tanks are being spilt into the surrounding area.
