Overview

• A floating crane is set to free the 13-meter vessel near Rüdesheim on Thursday in a four-to-five-hour operation, according to the waterways office in Bingen.
• Crews must first run wires beneath the hull before lifting the yacht off the shoal.
• Once recovered, the boat will be taken to Bingen harbor to test whether it remains watertight.
• The yacht ran aground on August 10 after two skippers from the Berlin area left the fairway, and the DLRG brought them ashore.
• The aging craft has been anchored in place and drew onlookers along this busy federal waterway, with earlier recovery delayed by low water and unresolved financing.