Published Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Witnesses at the Tahoe Keys Marina say they heard screeching, the sound of
tearing metal, and a passenger yell "oh, no!" late Sunday night.
By about 3am Monday, a three-story, $3.2 million yacht so big that it has its own helicopter pad was sunk, one end of it touching the South Lake Tahoe marina bottom at a Titanic-esque tilt.
It's still not clear what sent the Sierra Rose to the lake bed, where it remained partially submerged Tuesday and waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days.
Witness Heather Contreras, who was visiting the marina from Turlock, Calif., told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that more than a dozen people were on the vessel at the time of the screeching noise.
The luxury liner didn't immediately sink, and some people stayed on it for more than an hour after the apparent mishap, she said.
Nobody was injured, marina general manager Robert Spinnato said.
On Monday, a big-screen TV, leather couches and floating slices of bread were visible inside the partially submerged watercraft, which was billed as the largest noncommercial boat on Lake Tahoe as recently as 2006.
Agents listed on the boat's tourist rental website declined to comment to the Associated Press about the situation.
By about 3am Monday, a three-story, $3.2 million yacht so big that it has its own helicopter pad was sunk, one end of it touching the South Lake Tahoe marina bottom at a Titanic-esque tilt.
It's still not clear what sent the Sierra Rose to the lake bed, where it remained partially submerged Tuesday and waiting for a private contractor to remove it sometime within the next few days.
Witness Heather Contreras, who was visiting the marina from Turlock, Calif., told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that more than a dozen people were on the vessel at the time of the screeching noise.
The luxury liner didn't immediately sink, and some people stayed on it for more than an hour after the apparent mishap, she said.
Nobody was injured, marina general manager Robert Spinnato said.
On Monday, a big-screen TV, leather couches and floating slices of bread were visible inside the partially submerged watercraft, which was billed as the largest noncommercial boat on Lake Tahoe as recently as 2006.
Agents listed on the boat's tourist rental website declined to comment to the Associated Press about the situation.
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