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Yacht Harbor Village and Marina is a 76-acre private gated community on the Intracoastal Waterway and A1A, located in Palm Coast, Florida, just 20 minutes south of St. Augustine, 30 minutes north of Daytona Beach and 75 east of Orlando. With over 4,000 linear feet of frontage on the pristine Intracoastal Waterway, Yacht Harbor Village and Marina is among just a handful of new Marinas introduced on Florida’s east coast in nearly two decades.

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The Yacht Harbor Village at Ginn Hammock Beach is a set of vacation rental condominiums with multiple bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens, private balconies, free Wi-Fi, covered parking and more. Options sleep up to 14 guests and there are multiple bathrooms available in each unit.

The Yacht Harbor Village is part of the Hammock Beach Resort , and so guests have access to all that the resort has to offer. There is an onsite water park area with waterslides, zero-entry pools and more, plus a beach, tennis courts, kids’ club, scheduled activities, golf, bike rentals and more.

Besides having the ability to cook meals in the fully equipped kitchens, families can enjoy the various dining options at the Hammock Beach Resort. For breakfast, lunch or dinner, visit the Atlantic Grille. For lunch outside, head to the Ocean Bar & Cafe. For a family dinner, enjoy Delfino’s. Parents will also enjoy slightly upscale options just for them, including the Sushi Bar and Loggerheads Lounge, plus the Cigar Bar. The Coffee Bar in the lobby is also a great place to stop for tea, lattes, coffee, hot chocolate, pastries and breakfast sandwiches.

Additional perks at this property include a fitness center and a spa. There is also a marina onsite for families who want to enjoy boat tours or dock their own vessel during their stay.

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• Access to water park and pools
• Spacious condo-style units sleep up to 14
• Private balconies overlooking the beach

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We recently got back from a family vacation at Yacht Harbor Village at Hammock Beach. My nine year old grandson first visited Disney, then met us there. After one day at the resort, he said I’m done with Disney, I like this better! Even though there was a bit of construction during our stay, the staff went above and beyond to make our stay so enjoyable. We are definitely planning a return visit!

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Discovered this site looking for boat slips and decided to make it our wedding venue. They have a large but private resort location with everything you could want for a destination or "neighborhood" wedding.

This is a quiet, hidden gem in Palm Coast where you can also rent a boat slip with all the amenities at a reasonable price.

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102 Yacht Harbor Dr Palm Coast, Florida 32137 United States

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Do you dream of waking up to waves, endless sunny days, and sails?  Relax the day away at one of the pastel colored waterfront homes located in the area's premier boating community set among 76 acres with 4,000 feet of frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway. End the day with front row seats from your balcony to view Florida's typical kaleidoscopic colored sunsets in one of the top Florida retirement cities . At Yacht Harbor Village, you will experience all the tranquility that comes with a single-family home or the low maintenance of a waterfront condominium paired with all the comfort and convenience of being near a prominent beachfront resort. Whether you enjoy relaxing by the pool overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, fishing off your boat in the marina or enjoying one of the many pampering amenities at the Hammock Beach Resort, living at Yacht Harbor Village offers something for everyone including new homes Palm Coast FL. 

YACHT HARBOR VILLAGE AMENITIES

• 24 Hour Manned Gated Entrance
• 209 Boat Slip Marina with utilities, pump out and fuel
• Resort-style Swimming Pool and Jacuzzi
• Tennis Center with state-of-the-art Hydro Grid system for 8 Lighted Tennis Courts

Property owners have optional to memberships at the Hammock Beach Club on the Palm Coast beaches. A luxury vacation resort, Hammock Beach Resort has an extensive amenity list including a private beach, two championship golf courses, seven swimming pools, a full service spa, and six restaurants. The boating community is in a prime location on the Intracoastal Waterway at Mile Marker 803. Year round there are planned events including: dances, reggae on the patio at Yacht Harbor Village, afternoon tea, and special events for the holidays. 

It's easy to transform your retirement fantasies into reality with new homes Palm Coast FL at Yacht Harbor Village. Choose from one of the 205 homesites to build your custom single-family home or one of the 88 low maintenance waterfront condominiums. Spacious two or three bedroom condominiums range from 1,500 to 2,300 square feet with a large balcony. Condominiums can be included in rental programs. There are also waterfront lots available to build your dream custom home near the Palm Coast beach.

Have kids in the age range 4-12?  No problem!  For the younger kiddos, Kids Crew is available to let them enjoy crafts, video games, beach games, or the pool. There are also many schools nearby to suit any child. Belle Terre Elementary School, Indian Trails Middle School and Matanzas High School are the nearest best schools to the community. 

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Divers recover 5 bodies from wrecked superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing

Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull 50 meters (164-feet) underwater. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Salvatore Cavalli]

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.

Rescue crews brought four body bags ashore at Porticello. Salvatore Cocina, head of the Sicily civil protection agency, said a fifth body had been located. Divers on-scene said they would try to recover it on Thursday while continuing the search for the sixth.

The discovery made clear the operation to search the hull on the seabed 50 meters (164 feet) underwater had quickly turned into a recovery one, not a rescue, given the amount of time that had passed and with no signs of life over three days of searching.

The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday as it was moored about a kilometer (a half-mile) offshore. Civil protection officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout.

Fifteen people escaped in a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby sailboat. The body of the ship’s chef, Recaldo Thomas of Antigua, was recovered Monday.

Italian Firefighters scuba divers return to the harbor with a body bag, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in the Sicilian village of Porticello near Palermo, in southern Italy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli

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Thomas was born in Canada, according to his cousin David Isaac, but visited his parents’ homeland of Antigua as a child, and moved permanently to the tiny eastern Caribbean island in his early 20s. Italian officials previously listed Antigua and Canada as the nationality of people on board.

The fate of six missing passengers had driven the search effort, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch , his 18-year-old daughter and associates who had successfully defended him in a recent U.S. federal fraud trial.

Lynch’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Termini Imerese Public Prosecutor’s Office investigators were acquiring evidence for their criminal investigation, which they opened immediately after the tragedy despite no formal suspects having been publicly identified.

Questions have abounded about what caused the superyacht, built in 2008 by Italian shipyard Perini Navi, to rapidly sink, when the nearby Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat was largely spared and managed to rescue the survivors.

Giovanni Costantino, head of The Italian Sea Group, which owns the ship maker, blamed human error for the disaster, which he said took 16 minutes. “The ship sank because it took on water. From where, the investigators will say,” he told RAI state television after he met with prosecutors.

Costantino cited AIS ship tracking data which he said showed the Bayesian had taken on water for four minutes when a sudden gust of wind flipped it and it continued taking on water. The ship straightened up slightly and then went down, he said.

But was it merely the case of a freak waterspout that knocked the ship to its side and allowed water to pour in through open hatches? What was the position of the keel, which on a large sailboat like the Bayesian might have been retractable to allow it to enter shallower ports?

“There’s a lot of uncertainty as to whether it had a lifting keel and whether it might have been up,” said Jean-Baptiste Souppez, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects and the editor of the Journal of Sailing Technology. “But if it had, then that would reduce the amount of stability that the vessel had, and therefore made it easier for it to roll over on its side,” he said in an interview.

The captain of the sailboat that rescued survivors said his craft sustained minimal damage — the frame of a sun awning broke — even with winds that he estimated reached 12 on the Beaufort wind scale, which is the highest hurricane-strength force on the scale.

He said he had remained anchored with his engines running to try to maintain the ship’s position as the forecast storm rolled in.

“Another possibility is to heave anchor before the storm and to run downwind at open sea,” Karsten Borner said in a text message. But he said that might not have been possible for the Bayesian, given its trademark 75-meter (246-foot) tall mast.

“If there was a stability problem, caused by the extremely tall mast, it would not have been better at open sea,” he said.

Yachts like the Bayesian are required to have watertight, sub-compartments that are specifically designed to prevent a rapid, catastrophic sinking even when some parts fill with water.

The underwater search continued in dangerous and time-consuming conditions. Because of the wreck’s depth, which requires special precautions, divers working in pairs could only spend about 12 minutes at a time searching, though reinforcements outfitted with special equipment to enable longer dives were on the wreck Wednesday.

In all, some 27 divers took rotations, including four who helped with recovery after the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster off Tuscany. They called the Porticello wreck a “little Concordia,” fire crews said in a statement.

The limited dive time was aimed in part at avoiding decompression sickness, also known as the “bends,” which can occur when divers stay underwater for long periods and ascend too quickly, allowing nitrogen gas dissolved in the blood to form bubbles.

“The longer you stay, the slower your ascent has to be,” said Simon Rogerson, the editor of SCUBA magazine. He said the tight turnaround time suggested the operation’s managers were trying to limit the risks and recovery time after each dive.

“It sounds like they’re operating essentially on no decompression or very tight decompression, or they’re being extremely conservative,” he said.

Divers were also working with debris floating around them, limited visibility and air tanks on their backs.

“We are trying to advance in tight spaces, but any single thing slows us down,” said Luca Cari, spokesman for the fire rescue service. “An electric panel could set us back for five hours. These aren’t normal conditions. We’re at the limit of possibility.”

Winfield reported from Rome and Kirka from London. Associated Press journalists Trisha Thomas in Rome; Andrea Rosa in Porticello; and Anika Kentish in St. John’s, Antigua, contributed to this report.

This story has been corrected to reflect that Thomas was born in Canada, not Antigua.

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The search is continuing for one person who's still missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily on Monday

Five bodies found yesterday have been identified, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, according to reports

His 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still missing, Reuters and Italian media say

One body - that of Recaldo Thomas, the yacht's chef - was recovered from the sea on Monday

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Edited by Nadia Ragozhina, with Bethany Bell and Mark Lowen reporting from Sicily

Divers will be traumatised, says rescue expert published at 17:25 British Summer Time 21 August 17:25 BST 21 August

Thomas Copeland Live reporter

The team of divers searching for bodies on the sunken Bayesian yacht will be deeply traumatised, an expert has told the BBC.

"For myself and for my team of divers, it's always very difficult if you have to do this job," says Bertrand Sciboz, who runs a company specialising in shipwreck research and salvage.

"It's always a big trauma," he adds, even if the divers are used to recover missions like this one.

Sciboz says it will be especially challenging to recover any missing passengers who were in the lower decks when the yacht sank.

"The worst thing in this case will be taking off all the debris just floating everywhere in the yacht."

Divers involved in the Bayesian operation have been pictured going to and from the Porticello harbour throughout the day

Four bodies brought to shore from boat wreckage published at 17:00 British Summer Time 21 August 17:00 BST 21 August Breaking

Stefano Fasano Live reporter

Four bodies have now been brought to shore from the sunken yacht, the BBC has confirmed.

The search continues for the two remaining passengers who are still unaccounted for.

Italian authorities have not confirmed the identities of those recovered this afternoon.

Search and rescue team return with another body bag published at 16:57 British Summer Time 21 August 16:57 BST 21 August

Images are coming through of another body bag being brought to shore at the harbour in Porticello, Sicily where the search and rescue operation is based.

As we've been reporting, four bodies have been found on the wreck of Bayesian this afternoon and their identities have not yet been revealed.

Another body - of the boat's chef, Recaldo Thomas - was found on Monday.

Two people remain missing.

Divers make their way back to shore as another body bag recovered

Four more bodies have been recovered from the luxury yacht

The search continues for two still missing published at 16:28 British Summer Time 21 August 16:28 BST 21 August

Four bodies may have been found in a relatively short space of time this afternoon, but the search continues for the two people still missing after the Bayesian luxury yacht sank on Monday.

We're yet to be told the identities of those who've been found today.

Italian officials are likely informing families and loved ones before releasing information to the wider public, and the media.

As soon as we hear an update, we'll let you know.

If you'd like to be reminded of the names of the six people divers were searching for when they went back in the water this morning, they're here .

Two more bodies found on sunken yacht published at 16:06 British Summer Time 21 August 16:06 BST 21 August Breaking

Two more bodies have been found inside the wreck of the Bayesian yacht, Sicily's civil protection agency has confirmed to the BBC. They are still inside the boat.

Earlier, two other bodies were located inside the sunken vessel - they have now been brought ashore.

The identities of the four people found this afternoon have not yet been confirmed.

This means two passengers, onboard the yacht when it sank on Monday, remain missing.

What we know so far published at 15:48 British Summer Time 21 August 15:48 BST 21 August

While we wait to hear more about developments in Porticello harbour, here's a quick summary of what we know has happened in the last hour or so:

• Divers have discovered two bodies inside the wreck of the Bayesian
• One of them has been brought to shore in a body bag, and efforts to recover the second are under way
• Specialist divers have been searching the wreck for the six people missing since the yacht sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday
• Italian authorities have not confirmed the identities of those found in the last hour, but reports in local media indicate one is male
• The first person to be recovered was the boat's chef, Recaldo Thomas, on Monday

Body bag transported to shore published at 15:10 British Summer Time 21 August 15:10 BST 21 August

Images have just come through showing search and rescue personnel transporting what appears to be a green body bag to shore.

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Who have divers been searching for? published at 15:06 British Summer Time 21 August 15:06 BST 21 August

With the news that two more bodies have been found, here's a reminder of the six people who were still missing when divers re-entered the Mediterranean Sea today:

• UK businessman Mike Lynch, who helped establish Cambridge Neurodynamics and co-founded the firm Autonomy
• His daughter, Hannah Lynch , an 18-year-old student
• Jonathan Bloomer , the chairman of Morgan Stanley Bank International
• His wife Judy Bloomer
• Chris Morvillo , a partner at the law firm Clifford Chance
• His wife Neda Morvillo, a jewellery designer

The Italian coastguard has not yet confirmed the age or sex of the two bodies that've just been found.

The body of the yacht's chef, Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas , was found on Monday.

Body seen inside yacht is male - reports published at 14:58 British Summer Time 21 August 14:58 BST 21 August

One of the bodies spotted inside the hull of the yacht is believed to be that of a man, according to reports from Reuters and Italian media.

Divers are still at the scene working to recover the bodies - the second and third victims of the sinking.

There has been no official word from Italian authorities on the identities of those who've died.

Body lifted out of water published at 14:55 British Summer Time 21 August 14:55 BST 21 August Breaking

I’ve just seen divers lifting what appears to be a body out of the water.

Confirmation of two bodies found published at 14:50 British Summer Time 21 August 14:50 BST 21 August Breaking

The head of Sicily's civil protection agency, Salvatore Cocina, has now confirmed to the BBC that two bodies have been found in the sunken yacht.

Rescue divers are now working to extract them, he adds.

Two bodies found inside sunken yacht - reports published at 14:45 British Summer Time 21 August 14:45 BST 21 August Breaking

Two bodies have been found inside the sunken yacht off the coast of Sicily, Reuters news agency and Italian media report.

Reuters cites an unnamed source close to the search operation as saying two of the six missing passengers have been located inside the vessel.

Rescue teams did not immediately give the names or the sex of the two people, it adds.

Separately, la Repubblica reports the bodies were seen behind two mattresses.

Divers have been attempting to access the boat - which is around 50m (165ft) below the surface - since Monday morning.

The BBC has not independently verified the reports.

Watch: Yacht search continues by sea and air published at 14:31 British Summer Time 21 August 14:31 BST 21 August

The Italian coastguard has released footage of its ongoing search operation off the coast of Sicily.

Rescue workers are seen in a helicopter flying over the area in which the yacht sank, and using a remote controlled device to search the seabed.

It is now around 56 hours since the Bayesian was capsized by a storm.

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Italian coastguard deploys helicopter and ROV during operation

Divers have just 10 minutes on the wreck without risking sickness, says expert published at 14:02 British Summer Time 21 August 14:02 BST 21 August

Rescue divers are facing a "really dangerous" operation getting inside the Bayesian, says a British wreck diving expert.

Sitting on its side at 50m (165ft) beneath the surface, professional diver Andy Goddard tells BBC Radio 5 Live that it will be "pretty dark" on the wreck - as there's not a lot of ambient light inside.

"You're in this space and you've got stuff floating all around you, like being in a washing machine. It's really dangerous for the diver," he says.

On top of this, at that depth the rescuer has just 10 minutes to work on the wreck before being forced to stop and allow excess nitrogen which has built up inside their body to dissipate.

Otherwise they risk getting a dangerous condition known as decompression sickness, also known as the bends.

The maximum depth most experienced recreational divers are allowed to go to is 40m (130ft), with most dives occurring at depths significantly less extreme than that.

"I've done that type of work in shallow water and it really isn't very pleasant," Goddard adds.

He adds the divers are likely still using scuba gear because they hoped this would be a rescue mission.

If it becomes clear that this has become "a recovery situation", he says, then the operation will change.

Helicopter deployed as rescue operation continues published at 13:53 British Summer Time 21 August 13:53 BST 21 August

A fire service helicopter has just landed near the port in Porticello, Sicily, to support the multi-agency search and rescue operation taking place.

In an update earlier, the coastguard said naval, air and underwater resources were being deployed to support the search for the six missing people.

The last known movements of Bayesian yacht published at 13:35 British Summer Time 21 August 13:35 BST 21 August

By Kumar Malhotra

BBC Verify has been looking at ship tracking data of the last movements of the Bayesian before it was hit by freak weather in the early hours of Monday and it shows just how quickly events unfolded.

The superyacht was less than one kilometre from the entrance to the harbour at Porticello on the northern coast of Sicily, according to the Marinetraffic.com website.

Just before 04:00 local time (02:00 BST) the Bayesian and a nearby yacht (Sir Robert Baden-Powell) start to move, quickly picking up speed further out to sea and away from Porticello harbour.

Less than 15 minutes later, the tracking data for the Bayesian shows that it has suddenly stopped, and the nearby yacht also stops shortly afterwards - just 200m (656ft) away.

The Sir Robert Baden-Powell is then seen moving slowly around in this area, presumably looking to rescue any survivors. The Bayesian is no longer moving, and this is its last recorded position, according to the tracking data.

Bayesian captain 'very well respected,' his brother says published at 13:14 British Summer Time 21 August 13:14 BST 21 August

The captain of the sunken Bayesian yacht, James Cutfield, is a "very good sailor" with years of experience, his brother has told the New Zealand Herald.

The 51-year-old Kiwi - who survived the shipwreck and is currently in hospital - is "very well respected" in the Mediterranean, his brother says.

He also says Cutfield has been a luxury yacht captain for eight years, working for a Turkish billionaire before Mike Lynch on the Bayesian.

"He's safe", his brother tells the paper, adding that his wife is by his side.

As we've been reporting, an assessment has begun into what caused the vessel to go down.

Five things to know this lunchtime published at 13:06 British Summer Time 21 August 13:06 BST 21 August

As the third day of searching for those missing from the sunken Bayesian yacht continues, here's a reminder of the latest developments:

• Divers who are trying to gain access to the shipwreck - via a sleeping cabin - have been seen coming to and from the harbour in Porticello, Sicily
• Their efforts continue to be hampered by a range of issues , including the yacht laying on a tilt on the seabed and 3cm (1.2in) thick glass preventing them from being able to see inside some windows
• The operation is being aided by remote controlled underwater vehicles , which the coastguard says can operate on the seabed at a depth of up to 300m (984ft) and work for up to seven hours
• A team of UK inspectors has arrived at the site to conduct a preliminary assessment into the foundering of the yacht, the BBC understands
• So far, one body has been recovered - believed to be that of Recaldo Thomas , a Canadian-Antiguan and the onboard chef, and six people are still missing : businessman Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, fellow British citizens Jonathan and Judy Bloomer, and two American citizens, Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo

How air pockets form and what they are - an expert explains published at 12:31 British Summer Time 21 August 12:31 BST 21 August

Matt Spivey Live reporter

We reported yesterday that Jeremy Bloomer, the twin brother of missing Jonathan Bloomer, had told the BBC he hoped "there might be air pockets" somewhere on the sunken Bayesian yacht - and that he and his family were "coping as best they can" during the ongoing search.

The Italian coastguard has not said whether there's any evidence onboard the vessel of air pockets, which can help to prolong breathable air. In the meantime, I got in touch with an expert to explain what they are and how they form.

Matthew Schanck, chair of Maritime Search and Rescue Council, tells me "air pockets form when air is forced into parts of a vessel from which it can't escape ".

"Their formation depends on a number of factors, including the entry points for water and any potential exit points for the air," he says.

There is also the possibility that air pockets form, Schanck goes on, "but they may not be significant enough to keep the vessel buoyant".

"Air pockets do eventually run out , depending on the size of the air pocket and what air has been trapped . Air pockets may also be released after the sinking if the vessel is disturbed or shifts ."

A file photo of the Bayesian yacht sailing off the coast of Italy

How underwater vehicles are supporting the investigation published at 12:11 British Summer Time 21 August 12:11 BST 21 August

There's just been a progress update from the Italian coastguard as the search for six missing people off the coast of Sicily continues.

It says the search has "continued without stopping" since dawn, using naval, air and underwater resources, coordinated by the Palermo coastguard.

As we reported earlier, remote controlled underwater vehicles - known as ROVs, or remotely operated vehicles - have been deployed by the coastguard to support the operation.

The coastguard hopes it will provide "useful and timely elements" to reconstruct the ship's sinking to an investigation by the nearby public prosecutor's office of Termini Imerese.

It says the ROV:

• can operate on the seabed at a depth of up to 300m (984ft), and for between six and seven hours ,
• is equipped with advanced technology that allows it to scour the seabed,
• and can record detailed videos and images