"Yacht" Sinks in Lake Tahoe Marina

Alaskanmutt · Jul 10, 2012

Luxurious, $3.2M yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina | SF Bay Area News - KSBW Home

Looks more like a house boat

Sierra Rose Yacht | Lake Tahoe | For Sale or Rent

Glad to see no one was hurt
(but it is fugly as stated)

SHAZAM · Jul 10, 2012

It looks kinda cool IMO, not the ordinary floating $hitbox you normally see on those lakes.

AlfredZ · Jul 10, 2012

Yeah! It was built of steel by Finney Yachts for around $7Mil, compared to lake house boats made of aluminium to container shape it sure was a nice boat. Funny is how some of its neighbors thought it is good get riddance! It will block the view no more!

Kevin · Jul 11, 2012

So-called "yacht" sinks in Lake Tahoe

I almost laughed out loud this morning eating my breakfast as i read this article...

LINK

$3.2 million yacht sinks in Lake Tahoe marina

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 3 a.m. 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.

A website detailing the three-room, three-bathroom Sierra Rose for potential renters says it's inspired by the streamlined luxury vessels of the 1930s, but with state-of-the-art amenities. Features include granite counters, remote-controlled fireplaces, mahogany floors, a spa and custom crystal and china.

The boat rented for $2,000 a night, according to a brochure from 2008-09, or $8,000 for four hours.

El Dorado County Environmental Health Manager Barbara Houghton said the sewage and fuel tanks were sealed and hadn't leaked into the lake, but she said inspectors from the county would be on hand to monitor efforts to pull it out of the marina. Houghton said that could happen as early as Tuesday.

While the sunken vessel sat unceremoniously in the water, at least a few homeowners in the area were saying good riddance.

Several complained to the Reno Gazette-Journal that they thought the yacht was too big, and blocked views of the alpine lake.

"It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen," Tahoe Keys Property Association front desk clerk Ron Parker said, according to the newspaper. "My idea is it was so ugly someone had to sink it."
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Said "yacht" is actually a glorified houseboat.

Sierra Rose Yacht | Lake Tahoe | For Sale or Rent

AlfredZ · Jul 11, 2012

Someone beat you to it!

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/general-yachting-discussion/19091-yacht.html

Cheers,

Alfred

Kevin · Jul 11, 2012

Ooops... missed it. I'll just merge the threads.

carelm · Jul 11, 2012

I'm OK with the houseboat sinking, but what about the speedboat? That was the only thing worth saving.

Alaskanmutt · Jul 11, 2012

Maybe after the time I have spent here reading and mostly lurking I think of most your avatars when I see the word Yacht.

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