For Your Eyes Only; Hillsboro Inlet, Florida

Hillsboro Inlet, Florida | 1987-Nov-23

Initial Notification: On November 23, 1987, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Miami, received a report of a sunken yacht, the 105-foot For Your Eyes Only, one-quarter nautical mile offshore of Hillsboro Inlet, Florida. The yacht had gone down at approximately 0900 with 4,000-5,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard. The yacht apparently foundered in the current heavy seas; no structural damage to the fuel tanks was suspected, nor was there a fire or explosion. Diesel was observed to be surfacing in the vicinity of the wreck and was thought to be leaking out of the tank vents. USCG district 7.