Tragedy avoided as tourist excursion boat sinks trying to enter Los Gigantes harbour

[Janet]

A pleasure boat with nine Danish tourists sank earlier today as it was trying to get into Los Gigantes harbour in heavy seas. According to Diario de Avisos, it was only thanks to the rapid action of lifeguards that an utter tragedy was avoided, and all on board were transferred to Puerto Santiago medical centre. No doubt there will be more on this in coming hours, not least from those who are already saying it was madness to be out in seas in that condition. One experienced sailor, however, tells me that he was out in the water all day today and that the waves were perfectly manageable. JA