Sustainable sailing vessel Ya sunk following a fire

The sustainable yacht Ya has sunk in Indonesia following a fire. The skipper has been admitted to hospital with burns.
The sustainable yacht Ya, owned by skipper Peter Hoefnagels, author of, amongst other works, *Het Zeilboek*, has sunk following a fire. The skipper has been admitted to hospital with burns and, according to his partner, is now focusing on his recovery.

At the time of the accident, the yacht and its crew were just south of Singapore, near Bantam, Indonesia. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
The ‘Duurzaam Jacht’ did not use fossil fuels. LFP batteries were on board to power the systems and propulsion. LFP stands for lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO₄), a relatively safe battery technology. Although LFP does use lithium, it does not carry the same risks as the lithium batteries containing nickel, manganese and/or cobalt that are commonly used in cars.

Sources: Zeilen
Information: Fossil Free Around the World

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