The four passengers and five crew were rescued by the Italian coast guard after the ship ran into difficulties as it sailed to Sicily. The vessel, named My Saga, was flying the flag of the Cayman Islands but was manned by an Italian crew. On Friday night, the crew notified authorities that the vessel was taking on water from its stern, according to a Coast Guard statement. The sea in the area, about nine nautical miles off the coast of Catanzaro in Calabria, is about 200 meters deep. A Romanian vessel patrolling on behalf of the European Border and Coast Guard was sent to the yacht, along with another local patrol vessel. The four
