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A luxury superyacht rebuilt several years ago in North Vancouver for the billionaire owner of Washington Marine Group has been involved in a fatal collision at sea near to San Diego.

The collision happened off the west coast on the evening of Oct. 26, about 14 kilometres from San Diego near the United States-Mexico border.

The U.S. Coast Guard received a call from the Attessa IV about 7:45 p.m. advising the 332-foot yacht had collided with a 65-foot sports fishing charter boat, Prowler, and that “Prowler sustained some pretty significant damage to its rear starboard quarter,” said Joel Guzman, public affairs spokesman for the San Diego Coast Guard station.

The Coast Guard launched a Jayhawk helicopter, 45-foot medium response boat and the Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter to the crash site and arrived on scene about 8:45 p.m. where 17 people from the sports fishing charter boat were taken on to the coast guard vessel. Three people were injured, including one man who had critical head injuries, said Guzman.

He was airlifted by helicopter to shore and taken to hospital.

The San Diego medical examiner’s office confirmed 66-year-old Richard Neff of San Clemente later died of those injuries.

Guzman said an investigation is now underway to determine why the ships collided, which includes speaking to everyone on board both vessels at the time of the crash. The investigation could take several months, said Guzman.

There is no word on who was among the 28 people on board the yacht at the time of the collision.

Records of ships’ movements show the Attessa IV in North Vancouver July 8. It later travelled down the west coast arriving in San Diego Oct. 15.

The yacht left San Diego following the crash and is now in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Attessa IV, which is registered in the Cayman Islands, is one of the largest privately owned yachts in the world. It was bought in 2007 by Dennis Washington, a U.S. billionaire whose network of companies includes Washington Marine Group and Seaspan Shipyards in North Vancouver, where Kyle Washington, Dennis Washington’s son, is executive chairman.

The mega yacht was extensively rebuilt in a three-year project by Washington Yachting Group in North Vancouver, in the same shed where the three ill-fated Pacificat fast ferries were put together by shipyard workers in the 1990s.

The luxury yacht, which has been featured in a number of yachting and lifestyle magazine articles, features its own on-board helicopter and landing pad, spa, gym and pool, and opulent guest quarters including sculptures by Henry Moore and a hanging glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly.

Editor's note: This story has been amended to reflect that the Attessa IV was in North Vancouver July 8, but did not leave North Vancouver on that date.

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10News Exclusive: Boat crash survivor recalls moment of impact

SAN DIEGO (KGTV)- One person is confirmed dead after two boats collided nine miles offshore from Imperial Beach. Fishermen on the “Prowler” were on their way back from Mexican Waters when their boat collided with a mega-yacht, the "Attessa IV" Friday night. One of the survivors on the Prowler spoke exclusively with 10News about his experience. 

It was supposed to be a fun overnight fishing trip for father-son duo Hung and Ken Ngo. Instead, they came back with an unbelievable survival story. The two anglers from Westminster were with 15 other sport-fishermen on the Prowler, when the collision happened. 

"Loud. Something hit the boat hard. Like Bang!” Ngo said. 

The United States Coast Guard said the 65-foot fishing boat collided with a 332-foot mega yacht, the Attessa IV, just after 7 pm Friday.  Ngo immediately woke up from his nap and ran up to the top deck. What he saw was a completely different Prowler.

"The whole right side of the deck was gone,” Ngo said. “The rail, everything. It looked like wow. Somebody just cut it off."

There was a gaping hole on the right side, but somehow the boat remained afloat.  All the uninjured passengers were transported to the Attessa IV, which only suffered a few scratches.  Two people were rescued via Coast Guard helicopter and taken to the hospital.  At least one fisherman has been confirmed dead. 

"I got lucky that we slept on the left-hand side,” Ngo said. “I know the people who got hit on the right-hand side. I know if my son or I slept on the right-hand side, that would be a different story. It could be me."

But what puzzled Ngo the most is why this slow-speed accident happened in the first place? Ngo said he does not recall any honks, beeps, or alerts before the crash.  “Nothing whatsoever,” he said. 

He said even in pitch black, foggy weather, both boats should have a radar system that gives them fair warning of other vessels nearby. Had they been working properly, either captain would have had several dozen minutes to change their course.

"How could a boat hit another boat a night? I mean, with all these electronics? It's just amazing,” Ngo said. 

The Coast Guard is investigating what caused the crash. They are also looking into why there seemed to be no warning before the collision. 

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Superyacht “Attessa IV” For Sale

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Merle Wood & Associates has listed the 332-foot Attessa IV for sale at an asking price of more than $164 million. It’s a yacht with a storied history as one of the most significant rebuilds ever undertaken in the global yachting community.

Until 2007, this same yacht was known as the 298-foot Evergreen , built by a commercial shipyard in Japan. American billionaire Dennis Washington—whom Forbes described as having had an early love of machinery, and who turned a $30,000 loan into companies focused on shipbuilding, railroads, demolition, mining and more—took notice when the owner wanted to sell.

But the idea wasn’t to use the yacht in anything remotely resembling its original form. Washington wanted a total rebuild from the tender garage to the foredeck, gutting everything from the main deck up, and totally reconfiguring the vessel for use as a private yacht more in keeping with what’s expected in regions such as the Mediterranean and Caribbean.

The rebuild, undertaken in Vancouver, Canada, was completed in 2010. Accommodations on Attessa IV are now for as many as 18 guests in nine staterooms. The master includes his and hers dressing rooms, a private office, a private salon, private outdoor dining and a private deck for arriving and departing by helicopter. That helipad is in addition to a second, touch-and-go helipad that is located on the yacht’s bow.

Onboard amenities include a spa with a beauty salon, massage, a steam room and a gym. The beach club abaft the gym has a hot tub and seating area, while up top on the sundeck, there’s a pool with a shallow section for children. The main deck includes a cinema, and there’s an elevator for guests to access the lower deck through the sky lounge.

The yacht also has quarters for 28 crew. And, just in case extra security is a concern, Attessa IV is built to be bulletproof. The yacht has a Kevlar-lined steel hull and superstructure, along with windows built of bulletproof glass.

Attessa IV is built to be a world cruiser, with a reported range of more than 7,000 nautical miles. Top speed is listed as 25 knots, and draft is a hair over 15 feet. The diesel power plants are by Wartsila.

Where is Attessa IV located for showings? The yacht is currently in the area of Cabo, Mexico.

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Megayacht Attessa IV Involved in Fatal Collision with Fishing Vessel Off Southern California

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The 332-foot megayacht Attessa IV was involved in a collision with a 65-foot sport fishing vessel off the coast of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday night, resulting in multiple injuries and one fatality.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it medevaced one injured person via helicopter and rescued additional seventeen passengers from the sportfisher Prowler following the collision near the maritime boundary line.

The crew of the Attessa IV contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego’s Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders at approximately 7:50 p.m. reporting a collision with the Prowler approximately nine miles offshore of Imperial Beach.

The collision reportedly resulted in extensive damage to the starboard quarter of the Prowler.

Crews arrived on scene at approximately 8:45 p.m. A Jayhawk crew hoisted a critically injured passenger and returned to Sector San Diego where awaiting EMS took the man to UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest in critical condition.

Fox10 News reported Sunday that the man had died.

The crew of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium transferred another 17 passengers from the Prowler, including two reporting injuries, and took them to Sector San Diego.

The Prowler’s remaining ten passengers were transferred to the Attessa IV and taken to San Diego, while the captain remained aboard the Prowler.

The USCGC Sea Otter remained on-scene with the Prowler while awaiting commercial salvage.

The Prowler was reportedly returning from a fishing trip when the collision occurred.

The exact cause of the collision is under investigation.

The Attessa IV is owned by self-made billionaire Dennis Washington. Washington owns Washington Companies, which is parent to Seaspan ULC (former Seaspan Marine Corporation). Reports said the yacht sustained some minor damage to its bow in the collision. The vessel was at anchor in San Diego Bay as of Monday. 

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How San Diego became a player in the super-glitzy world of superyachts

For superyacht owners, no extravagance is too extreme, no port too glamorous

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If you doubt that the super-rich are a different breed, tour their superyachts.

Take, for instance, Golden Shadow. Launched in 1995 by San Diego’s Campbell Shipyard, the 219-foot vessel has luxurious staterooms for 16 guests, more modest quarters for 22 crew members, a 50-square-foot dive chamber and an exterior elevator platform, powerful enough to hoist aboard a seaplane and spacious enough to set down a helicopter.

Impressed? Don’t be. Golden Shadow was built as a floating garage for Golden Odyssey, a Saudi prince’s 404-foot superyacht.

“These big yachts have so many helicopters and toys aboard,” said Neal Esterly, a San Diego salesman for Fraser, a premier superyacht broker. “They are building 200-foot shadow boats to carry the submarine, the helicopter, the dirt bikes.”

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In the world of superyachts, no extravagance is too extreme, no port too glamorous. These palatial vessels anchor off Cannes, roam the Windward Islands, explore Norwegian fjords, wander across the Pacific. The owners — Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern sheikhs, American tech titans — travel in royal splendor with Cordon Bleu-trained chefs, masseuses, dive masters, pilots, tutors for the kids. On board, they are surrounded by African hardwood cabinets, spas fed by waterfalls, herb gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, basketball courts, hot tubs, Dale Chihuly glass chandeliers and Keith Haring originals.

Size alone doesn’t define a superyacht, but everything in this category is at least 75 feet from stem to stern. The largest, the 600-footer REV Ocean, is almost 100 feet longer than a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

“They are very much for the 1%,” said San Diego’s Kate Pearson, chair of the U.S. Superyacht Association. “Well, the .1%.”

During a leisurely voyage — from Alaskan glaciers to Costa Rican rainforests, say — these vessels often need to pause in a safe harbor for repairs and replenishment. That’s San Diego’s role in this glitzy world, offering shipyards, sheltered dock space and an army of woodworkers, welders, engineers, sailmakers, even specialists in the surprisingly delicate task of on-board carpet cleaning.

All of this, fans note, pumps money into the local economy. So do the live-aboard crew members who take advantage of our waterfront’s proximity to bars, restaurants, nightclubs.

“Most of them are 35 and younger. They pay no rent, no monthly bills, they’re not paying for food,” said Steve Brownsea, captain of the 145-foot Dumb Luck, moored at Shelter Island. “All they do is go and party.”

Like all industries, this business is sensitive to the market’s ebbs and flows. Orders for new vessels slipped during the Great Recession and brokers like Esterly keep a wary eye on signs that the global economy is weakening. As the gap between the .1% and everyone else widens, some superyachters fret about the “optics” of their seagoing displays of super-wealth.

Perhaps the greatest hazard, though, is also this lifestyle’s greatest attraction: the beautiful and unforgiving sea.

Port for all reasons

San Diego arrived late to the party. Massive pleasure yachts have been enjoyed by European royal families for centuries, while the ostentatious vessels of 19th century American tycoons commonly cruised near the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, R.I., and Long Island, N.Y.

In 1947, David Fraser founded a yacht brokerage house in Newport Beach. About 20 years later, he opened a branch office San Diego. Despite these deep Southern California roots, Fraser now has an Old World feel — in the 1990s, it merged with Europe’s United Yachting, and the company’s headquarters moved to Monaco. With Burgess and Y.Co, Fraser is one of superyachting’s Big Three brokers.

While Fraser maintains an office here, San Diego is home port for only a handful of superyachts.

“We don’t have the cruising grounds like you have in Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean or Europe,” Esterly said. “From San Diego, Cabo and Seattle are each 1,000 miles away. Between those two, there just isn’t any place to go cruising. You can only go to Catalina Island so many times.”

To this super-wealthy crowd, though, San Diego markets itself as the destination between destinations.

“We are not Monaco or the Bahamas,” said Todd Roberts, president of Fifth Avenue Landing, the superyacht anchorage south of Seaport Village. “We are effectively a transit port. But we are doing a pretty good job of giving the superyacht the whole package.”

The landing’s 12 slips can accommodate mid-size superyachts, up to about 300 feet in length. Vessels that moor here can hook up to shore power, pump out “blackwater” — yachtspeak for sewage — unload food, drink and other supplies straight off the dock. Fifth Avenue also owns the Marine Group Boat Works, which operates shipyards in National City and Chula Vista.

San Diego’s naval heritage guarantees plenty of people trained in ship maintenance. Brownsea, the captain of Dumb Luck, recalls the dismay of another superyacht’s owner, when he learned his vessel needed new parts that were only available in Europe. His sailing date would have been delayed — if he hadn’t stumbled upon a San Diegan able to machine the parts.

“They were delivered within 24 hours,” Brownsea said. “The owner couldn’t believe it.”

Geography, too, works in San Diego’s favor. For southbound sailors waiting for the Mexican hurricane season to blow itself out, this bay is a comfortable place to spend days or weeks while monitoring satellite weather maps.

“The captains that go down to the Sea of Cortez, they all stop in San Diego,” said Scott Whittaker, the Puget Sound-based skipper of Gayle Force, a 99-foot expedition boat. “Everybody does.”

Changing trends in sailing also benefit San Diego, as long voyages — to Costa Rica and Peru, say, then across the Pacific to New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, Micronesia and finally back to the U.S. — appeal to a certain class of well-heeled wanderer.

“The boats we get in San Diego, the vessels you see on our waterfront that blow your mind, that owner is more adventurous,” said Fifth Avenue’s Roberts. “The yacht owner who wants to sit on the deck with a margarita and wave at his friends, those aren’t the owners we get. We get the more expeditionary owner.”

Expeditionary or sedentary, owners value their privacy. Typical is Robert Mercer, a New York tech millionaire and major financial contributor to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. On Sept. 11, his superyacht tried to enter San Diego Bay incognito, with tarps draped over her name.

Might as well put sunglasses on the Mona Lisa. One of the world’s most photographed vessels, this 203-foot floating mansion is instantly recognizable, thanks to her forest green hull and cream-colored decks. Few, though, have been invited aboard to marvel at the carved mahogany “tree” rising through four decks, the frescoes saluting Darwin and Newton, the hand-knotted carpet of Nepalese wool and silk.

During Sea Owl’s eight-week stay at Fifth Avenue, a sign dangled over her gangway: “Private yacht — no boarding.”

Peril on the sea

Like a garage full of Maseratis or a closet full of Valentino gowns, superyachts are a sure sign of wealth. TV’s Judge Judy owns a 152-foot cruiser, Triumphant Lady, while Tiger Woods’s Privacy is slightly larger, 155 feet. Steven Spielberg’s Seven Seas is grander still, a 282-foot home-away-from-his-other-homes-away-from-home, with crew of 23, flotilla of tenders and on-board movie theater.

San Diego has enjoyed occasional visits by ocean-going glitterati, such as Luna, the 377-foot vessel owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Tatoosh, a 303-foot wonder built for the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The latter’s five decks house a cinema, gym, massage room, swimming pool, 11 staterooms and a crew of 35. Fraser now charters Tatoosh — a week in the Caribbean this winter will run $650,000.

Attessa IV also made a big splash here, mooring in San Diego Bay often between 2016 and 2018. Her most recent visit ended in tragedy — while cruising off Imperial Beach on Oct. 26, 2018, Attessa IV slammed into the Prowler, a 65-foot sportfishing boat. One passenger, Richard Neff, was killed and another, John Schmit, critically injured.

Schmit, who suffered a fractured skull, vertebra, rib and sternum, sued the owners of Attessa IV and Prowler. A hearing in this case is scheduled for Dec. 6.

Both vessels reported poor visibility due to heavy fog, just one of the many hazards superyachts must navigate. A partial listing of recent victims: in 2015, Hurricane Carlos sank the 127-foot Bellissima near Acapulco; in 2017, Hurricane Irma sank the 131-foot Sierra Romeo in the Caribbean; and in 2018, heavy seas capsized the 124-foot Suegno off the Italian port of Genoa.

Some danger can be avoided by staying in port. Dumb Luck, the 145-foot tri-level motor yacht skippered by Brownsea, rarely leaves her Shelter Island dock. Even so, the usually absent owner is hit hard in his pocketbook.

“Just to keep her in port costs about $750,000 a year,” said Brownsea, citing the crew’s salary, docking fees, fuel, insurance and property tax, the latter levied on vessels that remain here at least six months a year. “If we were active, going more places, it would be about $1.5 million.”

That’s a lot of money — unless you are a superyachter. Fifth Avenue’s Roberts once priced repairs for an owner. The job wasn’t cheap, and Roberts advised the owner that expenses would climb astronomically if had to be done quickly.

“I’m old, Todd,” the owner responded. “I have way more money than time. Just make it happen.”

Super budget

If superyachts are for the .1%, the Nerissa is for the other 99.9% — or at least those with a decent amount of disposable income. A 73-foot motor yacht going to seed on the Gulf Shore, Nerissa was purchased by San Diego’s Shari and Amos Zolna, who restored it as a party vessel with a well-stocked bar and a hot tub.

Now docked on Shelter Island and Coast Guard-certified for 49 passengers, Nerissa specializes in day cruises on San Diego Bay. Summer is her high season, but year-round she is booked by bachelor and bachelorette parties, sightseers, sunset cruisers and others. Two hours on the water for 40 people, with a caterer and an open bar, runs about $5,000, or $125 a head.

The experience, Amas Zolna said, is priceless: “There’s nothing like sitting out there in the hot tub with a cold beer or a glass of wine.”

The true superyacht experience will always be far out of reach for most people. Kate Pearson, the U.S. Superyacht Association’s chair, laughs when asked if she owns one.

“No,” said Pearson, who is vice president of Safe Harbors Marina, the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas. “We are a boating family, but on a much more subdued level.”

While she has been a guest aboard numerous superyachts, she views them the way most people view the stars — something beautiful, magnificent and unattainable. When Pearson is sailing with guests and they see a superyacht, she quickly alters course.

“We take them up close,” she said.

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One critically injured, 17 rescued after San Diego megayacht collision

The following is text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard:

(SAN DIEGO) — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured person via helicopter and rescued 17 passengers after a vessel collision Saturday near the maritime boundary line.

The crew of the 332-foot yacht Attessa IV contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego's Joint Harbor Operations Center watch standers at approximately 7:50 p.m. reporting a collision with the 65-foot sportfisher Prowler, approximately nine miles offshore of Imperial Beach, that resulted in extensive damage to the starboard quarter of the sportfisher and multiple injuries.

A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot response boat-medium crew were dispatched to respond. The Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter was also diverted to assist.

Crews arrived on scene at approximately 8:45 p.m. The Jayhawk crew hoisted a critically injured passenger and returned to Sector San Diego where awaiting EMS took the man to UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest.

The RB-M crew transferred 17 passengers, two reporting injuries, from Prowler and took them to Sector San Diego. 

The remaining 10 passengers were transferred to Attessa IV and are scheduled to return to San Diego, while the captain remained aboard Prowler.

Sea Otter remained on scene with Prowler awaiting commercial salvage.

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

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Prowler-Attessa collision still being investigated

Coast Guard can’t confirm when official report would be released.

SAN DIEGO—An open-ocean collision involving a 65-foot sportfisher and 332-foot luxury yacht occurred on Oct. 26, 2018, about 9 miles off the coast of Imperial Beach and somewhere near the U.S.-Mexico border. We are almost one year removed from the incident and the U.S. Coast Guard has informed The Log its investigation is still ongoing.

Several injuries were reported and the Coast Guard was deployed to rescue several passengers. At least one person died, according to news reports and unnamed sources that were on the scene.

The Log reached out to a source at the Coast Guard’s San Diego sector in March to determine whether an investigation of the open-ocean collision had been completed.

Lt. Commander Stephanie Hodgdon replied to The Log on April 1 and stated the investigation was still ongoing.

“The Attessa IV/Prowler investigation is still open and ongoing. Therefore, we cannot disclose the details of the case at this time. The details of the case cannot be release until the investigation is closed by our headquarters in Washington, D.C.,” Hodgdon said in her e-mail response. “At this time, I do not have an anticipated date of completion and closure due to the nature and complexity of the incident.”

She added progress of the investigation could be tracked online at cgmix.uscg.mil, with the reference number 6572770.

The Log visited the above-referenced website and typed in the reference number in the relevant Coast Guard search engine. The search engine stated it did not recognize the reference number and could not return any results of an investigation. Word searches for “Prowler” and “Attessa IV” were also unsuccessful, so The Log reached out to the Coast Guard’s San Diego sector on Aug. 27 to inform them of the search results and to ask for an update.

“Good Morning Mr. Rohit, I am no longer assigned to Sector San Diego and do not have any visibility on the status of the Attessa investigation. Please contact Mr. Greg Cable for further inquiries regarding this case,” Hodgdon stated in her reply on Aug. 28.

Cable responded an hour later, via e-mail.

“The report has not been finalized to date. Please e-mail me in the future and I will let you know when the report is able to be released,” Cable stated.

Prowler , a 65-foot sportfisher, was returning from a fishing expedition in Mexican waters when it collided with the 332-foot luxury yacht Attessa IV during the early morning hours of Oct. 26. The collision occurred 9 miles west of Imperial Beach and in an area where boats commonly navigate through en route to Mexico. Prowler was headed toward Mission Beach and Attessa IV was likely headed south into Mexico.

Many questioned how a collision of this nature could happen, what with radar, AIS and other on-board technologies. Then there are round-the-clock lookouts, not to mention it’s hard to overlook a large boat in open water, be it a 65- or 332-footer.

The Log will continue to check in with the Coast Guard and report on the results of its investigation as soon as it’s completed.

Some readers of The Log have, through e-mails, phone calls and letters to the editor, consistently questioned why the Coast Guard has taken so long to complete its investigation. One suspected reason: the Coast Guard has a severe backlog of paperwork and doesn’t have the staff available to catch up.

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5 thoughts on “ Prowler-Attessa collision still being investigated ”

Any conclusion yet?

Any updates on this investigation? Thank you.

Still can’t find anything…

Anything at all…..? It’s not the coast guard investigation we’re after, it’s the NTSB report, maybe you guys have enough sway to get ahold of someone at the NTSB to get some answers…

Got a response from the NTSB, they did not investigate this accident. Maybe flag state of the yacht…

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Fatal collision involving billionaire's yacht under investigation

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in late October between a 332-foot yacht owned by Montana billionaire Dennis Washington and a 65-foot fishing boat that resulted in the death of a man and an injury to another.

The Attessa IV collided with the commercial fishing boat Prowler near San Diego on Oct. 26, according to the Coast Guard. The Attessa had contacted them about 7:50 p.m. about the collision that occurred about 9 miles offshore of Imperial Beach and near the maritime boundary line. There were 29 people aboard the two vessels, officials said.

Washington, founder of the Washington Cos. and owner of Montana Rail Link, was not on the Attessa IV at the time. Nor were any family members, Forbes.com reported.

A Coast Guard helicopter and two boats responded. The crew of a response boat transferred 17 passengers from the Prowler and took them to San Diego. Two injuries were reported on the Prowler.

The man who died, Richard Neff, 66, of San Clemente, California, had been airlifted off the boat and pronounced dead at a San Diego hospital from head trauma, officials said. Neff was a retiree who had worked 40 years in construction.

The Prowler sustained extensive damage to its starboard quarter, the Coast Guard reported. The captain of the Prowler remained with the boat, awaiting commercial salvage. The Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter stayed with him, officials said. 

The Attessa returned to San Diego with 10 passengers, the Coast Guard said.

A Coast Guard official said Thursday the investigation could take six months to a year to complete.

Washington Cos. Executive Vice President Tim McHugh said Thursday he was unable to comment at length as the incident is still be investigated by the Coast Guard and they are awaiting results.

"We are cooperating fully," he said, adding they also wanted more details as to what transpired.

The Missoula-based Washington Cos. website says its companies focus on marine and rail transportation, mining, heavy equipment distribution, environmental remediation and aviation technology and service.

Forbes lists Washington as "Montana's richest person" and puts his net worth at $5.9 billion. It also states he and his wife, Phyllis, have given $840 million to their foundation, which in turn has given about $300 million to nearly 1,000 groups.

The website Super Yacht Fan says the Attessa, originally built as Evergreen for Evergreen Shipping Line founder Chang Yu-fa, was “delivered” in 1999. It was sold to Washington in 2007, underwent 3½ years of renovation, and has a value of $150 million. It can accommodate 28 guests and has a crew of 21. 

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€20M price drop on 101m WYG superyacht Attessa IV

A €20,000,000 price drop has been announced on the 101.2-metre superyacht Attessa IV, listed with Merle Wood of Merle Wood & Associates.

Originally built in Japan, the steel-hulled yacht was totally rebuilt in Vancouver, Canada, over four years by Washington Yachting Group (WYG) and completed in 2010. Diana Yacht Design was the original naval architect but Gregory Marshall was brought in for the rebuild. She won the "Best Rebuilt Yacht" Neptune at the World Superyacht Awards in 2011.

Attessa IV accommodates up to 18 guests in nine staterooms, including an owner's private apartment with its own living room, access to a private outside deck with a dining table and a private helicopter pad. Four of the remaining guest cabins are located on the upper deck and the other four are on the lower deck. There are quarters for a crew of 28.

Attessa IV boasts a spa on the lower deck with treatment rooms, sauna, steam room and a separate gym. The lower deck also features a beach club aft of the gym with a Jacuzzi and ample seating. Guests can enjoy a large pool on the sundeck, which has a separate shallow area for children.

A large private cinema on the main deck is one of the standout features as well as a glass elevator running from the lower deck to the sky lounge deck. Bulletproof glass windows and a Kevlar-lined hull and superstructure make this 2,864GT yacht for sale perfect for an owner who puts personal security high on their wish list.

She has a cruising speed of 18 knots, a range of 7,000 nautical miles and a top speed of 25 knots.

Attessa IV is lying in Cabo, Mexico, and now asking €129,500,000.

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