viking yacht beached in delray beach florida

• Nov 7, 2023

92-Foot Luxury Yacht Stuck in Delray Beach Finally Removed

One of the greatest fears among boat owners is being the subject of a viral video. Usually that anxiety is centered around things like docking at a busy marina or trying to navigate infamous passages like the Haulover Inlet.

Sadly, for the owner of a stunningly beautiful 92-foot (28 m) Viking luxury yacht, his dilemma has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Residents in Delray Beach, Florida awoke on Friday to the massive yacht beached next to residential homes.

It was stranded there the entire weekend until TowBoatrUS in Fort Lauderdale was able to free the vessel on Monday from its position.

Captain Larry Acheson, president of the company, told WPTV they had 20 people working to try and free the boat from its hangup.

"We had various vessels all with different missions," he told WPTV . "We had to pull the diesel fuel off board. Various people on the beach and various people on the disabled vessel. If it starts taking on water, we had to have people running the pumps."

Seth Stern from the ultra-popular boating YouTube channel Wavy Boats , told WPTV reporter Chris Gilmore "You'll never see a boat like this beached again in your lifetime."

"This is not a small boat. This is not a small operation," he added.

According to Stern, the Viking's engines locked up and a generator malfunctioned during high winds on the ocean off Delray Beach, resulting in the boat being unable to control its movement before being steadily pushed onshore by powerful waves. According to Delray Beach police, three people were onboard the vessel when it ran into trouble.

"The attempts that I have witnessed have been unsuccessful due to the lines snapping due to the sheer weight of the boat," Stern told WPTV .

"Today it's nice to see they're pumping off all the fuel and oil to prevent any kind of environmental spill for when they do pull this boat off. It'll also lighten the boat tremendously, making the rescue much easier," added Stern.

The boat, named Pastime , is a Viking Sport Fisherman with an estimated value of about $10 million USD. Viking Yachts are one of North America's most prized brands with a devoted following. The company was founded in 1964 by brothers Bob and Bill Healey and is widely regarded as one of the most innovative brands in boating . They're also popular among celebrities and big-time sport-fisherman thanks to their ability to blend luxury with hardcore fishing amenities. NBA legend Michael Jordan, who aside from his extensive basketball resume, is well-known for participating in sportfishing tournaments with his epic 80-foot Viking Catch-23 .

You can see Pastime in her predicament in the video from Wavy Boats below:

*UPDATE* 11/10/23- Viking has released a statement regarding the incident:

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92-foot luxury boat beached in Delray Beach since Friday removed

A 92-foot luxury boat worth several million dollars beached in Delray Beach since Friday was removed Sunday afternoon.

TowBoatrUS Ft. Lauderdale was able to move Past Time, which had lost power and beached at Linton Avenue, out of the sand.

The yacht was moved out of the way at 3:15 p.m. and headed on a three-hour trip to Viking Service Center in Riviera Beach.

Captain Larry Acheson, president of the company, said he had 20 people working to remove it since Friday.

“We had various vessels all with different missions,” he told WFLX. “We had to pull the diesel fuel off board. Various people on the beach and various people on the disabled vessel. If it starts taking on water, we had to have people running the pumps.”

Acheson said he could not disclose information on the owner.

Seth Stern with Wavy Boat, who had been taking video of the boat Past Time the past few days, told WFLX reporter Chris Gilmore. “You’ll never see a boat like this beached again in your lifetime.”

The Viking 92's engines locked up and a generator malfunctioned in high winds, Stern said.

"This is not a small boat. This is not a small operation," Stern said.

On Sunday, crews with the Fort Lauderdale towing company were trying to get the yacht back in the water, including pumping out fuel.

Despite several failed attempts, they planned to get it back in the water at high tide.

"The attempts that I have witnessed have been unsuccessful due to the lines snapping due to the sheer weight of the boat," Stern said. "Today it's nice to see they're pumping off all the fuel and oil to prevent any kind of environmental spill for when they do pull this boat off. It'll also lighten the boat tremendously, making the rescue much easier."

Stern did some research to see the value of the boat.

"I looked one up just to see the prices and there's currently one listed for $12 million, but it doesn't have some of the same bells and whistles as this one," he said. "So the estimation of $15 to $16 million is fairly accurate on this boat. However every day it sits here getting battered by the waves that value has to go down."

Another boat has been stranded at Jacksonville Beach for two weeks.

Luke Rehberg told First Coast News he has decided to demolish "Aqualon," which he had called him.

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92-foot luxury boat beached in Delray Beach since Friday removed

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A 92-foot luxury boat worth several million dollars beached in Delray Beach since Friday was removed Sunday afternoon.

TowBoatrUS Ft. Lauderdale was able to move Past Time, which had lost power and beached at Linton Avenue, out of the sand.

The yacht was moved out of the way at 3:15 p.m. and headed on a three-hour trip to Viking Service Center in Riviera Beach.

Captain Larry Acheson, president of the company, said he had 20 people working to remove it since Friday.

"We had various vessels all with different missions," he told WPTV. "We had to pull the diesel fuel off board. Various people on the beach and various people on the disabled vessel. If it starts taking on water, we had to have people running the pumps."

Acheson said he could not disclose information on the owner.

Seth Stern with Wavy Boat, who had been taking video of the boat Past Time the past few days, told WPTV reporter Chris Gilmore "You'll never see a boat like this beached again in your lifetime."

The Viking 92's engines locked up and a generator malfunctioned in high winds, Stern said.

"This is not a small boat. This is not a small operation," Stern said.

On Sunday, crews with the Fort Lauderdale towing company were trying to get the yacht back in the water, including pumping out fuel.

Despite several failed attempts, they planned to get it back in the water at high tide.

"The attempts that I have witnessed have been unsuccessful due to the lines snapping due to the sheer weight of the boat," Stern said. "Today it's nice to see they're pumping off all the fuel and oil to prevent any kind of environmental spill for when they do pull this boat off. It'll also lighten the boat tremendously, making the rescue much easier."

Stern did some research to see the value of the boat.

"I looked one up just to see the prices and there's currently one listed for $12 million, but it doesn't have some of the same bells and whistles as this one," he said. "So the estimation of $15 to $16 million is fairly accurate on this boat. However every day it sits here getting battered by the waves that value has to go down."

Another boat has been stranded at Jacksonville Beach for two weeks.

Luke Rehberg told First Coast News he has decided to demolish "Aqualon," which he had called him.

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This 92-foot luxury yacht got stranded all weekend on a Florida beach

• A yacht worth millions got stranded on a Florida beach.
• The 92-foot boat spent a recent weekend on Florida's Delray Beach before it was removed.
• "You'll never see a boat like this beached again in your lifetime," one boater told WPTV. 

A swanky 92-foot yacht worth millions of dollars spent a recent weekend stranded on a Florida beach.

The luxury watercraft, a Viking-92 called Past Time, got stuck on Delray Beach, on Florida's southeast coast, on Nov. 3, according to local outlet WPTV .

Three people were on board the ritzy boat when the vessel lost power before it ultimately hit the shoreline, WLFX reported , citing Delray police.

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The vessel spent most of that weekend undergoing an intensive towing operation that saw it finally removed on the afternoon of Nov. 5, WPTV reported. Engine failure and high winds contributed to the stranding, according to Wavy Boats, a Florida channel that documents local boat actions.

"You'll never see a boat like this beached again in your lifetime," Seth Stern of Wavy Boats told WPTV. Listings seen by Insider suggest the vessel can cost around $10 million new.

Stern estimated the yacht was valued in the region of $12 to $16 million, the news outlet reported.

But, he told the outlet, "every day it sits here getting battered by the waves, that value has to go down."

Longtime Florida resident Rick Iossi who witnessed the beached yacht told Insider that he's never seen a boat of this size stranded like this.

"Sometimes, the best remedy is to never have been out in heavy weather in the first place," Iossi said.

Meanwhile, Captain Larry Acheson, the president of the towing company involved in the operation to remove the yacht said that he had 20 people and various small boats that worked to move the vessel, according to WPTV.

"We had to pull the diesel fuel off board. Various people on the beach and various people on the disabled vessel. If it starts taking on water, we had to have people running the pumps," Acheson told WPTV.

He declined to identify the owner of the yacht.

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Viking 92 Freed from Florida Beach

This isn’t supposed to happen.

But last Friday afternoon, a Viking 92 sportfishing yacht named Pastime ended up on the beach in Delray Beach, Florida. The 151-ton boat, launched in 2016, was stuck in the sand, and couldn’t get off.

Despite heroic rescue efforts, it remained there for two days, until TowBoatUS was able to pump out more than 1,000 gallons of fuel and water and, working on a high tide, float it off. Remarkably, early reports say the Viking suffered just bent props and rudders. (I’ve been to the Viking factory in New Gretna, New Jersey, many times over the years; Vikings are built like little battleships.)

The problems started when a three-person crew was taking the boat from Palm Beach down to Fort Lauderdale. The details are scanty, but somehow the boat lost power off Delray Beach in 30-knot winds and 10-foot seas. The twin 2,600-hp MTU V12 diesels stopped, and the generator malfunctioned. Reports say the fire suppression system shut down the power for some reason.

In any event, the waves pushed the boat toward the beach, and there also apparently was a problem with the anchor. The captain decided to beach the boat to keep it from drifting.

He had first called the Coast Guard and both TowBoatUS and Sea Tow vessels responded. As you can see in the video below, their efforts to secure a line to the Pastime failed several times when the lines snapped.

Pastime was finally refloated on Sunday afternoon and it reportedly was taken to the Viking Service Center up in Riviera Beach on Lake Worth.

The boat, previously named Sweet Tuna , was sold last year. The asking price was $8,750,000.

Viking Yachts issued a statement saying that the yacht “encountered a fuel interruption to the generators and then main engines, at which point the 92 C lost power. It was set adrift as the captain and crew tried to resolve the problem. The crew tried to deploy the anchor by releasing the brake, but unfortunately, the devil claw was still attached. It subsequently was lodged in the deployment chute, rendering the anchor unusable. The 92 C came to rest on the shore in Delray Beach, Florida.”  It also said that technicians at the Viking service center “determined that the incident was not the result of manufacturing or design error and that the damage was minimal.”

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NO SHIP! Beached Yacht Finally Free Of Delray Beach

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DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The huge yacht stuck on Delray Beach for more than two days is finally free — back in the water where it belongs.

Thanks to reader Tula Cleveland who provided the photo above the time-lapse video below, BocaNewsNow.com has confirmed that the yacht was freed around 3 p.m. thanks to the help of high tide and Sea Tow. No one was injured. The crew of three is back on the yacht and sailing to destinations unknown.

Delray Beach Police confirmed to BocaNewsNow.com that the yacht suffered a power problem on Friday and ended up washing ashore. It was stuck on the beach from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. An attempt to get the yacht back into the water on Saturday failed. It was not immediately clear what led Sunday’s effort to success — or, if you’re a negative person — why Saturday’s operation failed.

While officials tell us that the Yacht is a 92-foot vessel. We — and people watching it on the beach — believe it’s closer to 42-feet. Regardless of true size, it’s no longer on the beach and sailing merrily along, thanks to Mother Nature, Sea Tow, and weather that couldn’t be better for a day on the open seas.

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This hub of international culture is the perfect florida town to explore for art, gardens, and beachside parks.

Delray Beach is one of the best beach towns north of Fort Lauderdale. This area is rife with attractions galore, from the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens to the Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands and Mounts Botanical Garden . This area even has its own art museum, the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square . These parks and cultural centers make life in Delray Beach truly rich and add a layer of international charm to this region that big cities like Fort Lauderdale lack.

Delray Beach, as its name suggests, is famous for its beaches. The titular Delray Municipal Beach is an obvious choice, but other beaches, such as Atlantic Dunes Park , Spanish River Park , and Gulfstream Park , also offer stunning coastal views and recreational opportunities. A great oceanside attraction is Sandoway Discovery Center , which offers tourists the chance to learn about Florida's native marine life.

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Fort lauderdale may be the venice of america, but cape coral has that european city's famous canals.

Although Fort Lauderdale is often called the Venice of America, the town of Cape Coral fits that title much better due to its many canals. Situated on a grid so perfect it's almost like a work of architectural art, this canaled city is gorgeous both from the ground and from above.

Some of the best public beaches in this area are Yacht Club Public Beach, Four Freedoms Beach, and Yacht Club Community Park. Top attractions in this area include Florida's most famous craft distillery, Wicked Dolphin Distillery , which is known for its coconut rum, Sirenia Vista Park, and Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve.

Cocoa Beach

Surfing, local businesses, and the john f. kennedy space center make cocoa beach the perfect small-town alternative to fort lauderdale.

Even though Cocoa Beach is much further north than Fort Lauderdale, this quaint town has so much charm to offer tourists.

Famous for its long history of surfers, the beach at Cocoa Beach is a great place to visit for those interested in watersports like surfing, snorkeling, and swimming. The town's beach also has an excellent pier, too! Best of all, beach visitors will be able to see rockets being fired up into the atmosphere from the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

This town near Orlando not only has excellent beach access but also has great local businesses from which to shop. Some of the best attractions in sunny Cocoa Beach include Lori Wilson Park, the Florida Surf Museum, and the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Offers tourists access to a beach boardwalk, an undeveloped coastal beach, and an amazing arboretum and wildlife sanctuary

This city, situated between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, has the urban charm of both cities in a smaller, more easily accessible area. This city is famous for its Beach Boardwalk , which has bars, small shops, and a beautiful beachfront lined with palms. For those interested in a more rustic beach, Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park is the perfect beach to see white sands and undeveloped coastline.

This area is known not only for its stunning beachfront but also for its rich culture. One of the best places to go here is Flamingo Gardens . This botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary lets tourists explore their arboretum filled with native trees, its flower gardens, its aviaries, and its titular flamingo pond. It even has a parrot aviary!

Another great attraction is Oleta River State Park . At Florida's largest urban park, tourists will be able to paddle, bike, snorkel, swim, and fish.

Offers tourists something Fort Lauderdale does not have: an incredible aquarium

On Florida's West Coast lies the city of Clearwater. This city just outside Tampa offers tourists and retirees Florida's iconic white sand beaches, great state parks, and waterfront piers.

Some of Clearwater's best beaches include Sand Key Park and Clearwater Beach. At Clearwater Beach is the city's famous pier, Pier 60 , which is a great location for nightlife.

For tourists with kids and retirees with grandchildren, there's no better place to go in Clearwater than the Clearwater Marine Aquarium . This aquarium has interactive experiences that kids and adults of all ages will love, including meeting rescue dolphins, tortoise feeding, and exploring the many aquatic exhibits full of rescued marine creatures.

A great park in this area is Moccasin Lake Nature Park . Here, tourists will be able to walk through peaceful paths, see birds of prey, and see the park's stunning oak forest.

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St. petersburg, offers tourists high-class cultural activities that aren't found in fort lauderdale, like the salvador dalí museum and the mahaffey theater.

The city of St. Petersburg is heralded as Florida's "Sunshine City" and is known for its fine arts, fishing, and golf clubs. Located on Florida's Gulf Coast, St. Petersburg offers tourists the fine culture that Fort Lauderdale is not often associated with.

Some of St. Petersburg's most famous attractions include the Salvador Dalí Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Mahaffey Theater.

Tourists who are interested in the natural world should go to Fort De Soto Park . This beachfront park has trails, a historical museum, and fishing piers. Some of the best beaches in St. Petersburg include Pass-A-Grille Beach and St. Pete Beach.

Another great activity for tourists here is to visit St. Petersburg's Sunken Gardens . Here, tourists will see waterfalls, tropical birds, and tropical plants that are decades old.

Pass-A-Grille Beach is less well-known, making it a great alternative to St. Pete Beach .