Cruise ship crashes into FOUR yachts in harbour sending boat owners fleeing in pyjamas

Dart Harbour Authority said it is now trying to track down the owners of all the boats involved in the incident on Wednesday morning and has launched an investigation.

“During a manoeuvre to turn, the ship clipped four yachts causing superficial damage,” Dart Harbour’s Chair Mark Hubbard said in a statement posted to Twitter yesterday morning.

“No one was hurt in the incident and the harbour office is now making all efforts to contact the owners of the yacht involved.

“Records from the incident are being collated and will be analysed in order to identify exactly why this occurred and what can be learnt.”

Steve McMillan, 54, of Brixham, Devon, who witnessed the incident, said: “The Saga Pearl II collided with four yachts on the way in to Dartmouth.

“She turned in too wide and people were running out of their boats, in their pyjamas on a nearby pontoon adjacent to the yacht club. It really was close.”