3 Rescued After Sharks Attack Inflatable Yacht Off Australian Coast

Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky, and Stanislav Berezkin, the three people rescued after sharks attacked a yacht off the Australian coast, pose for a photo in Vanua Levu Island, Fiji, Australia, on July 31, 2023. Russian Ocean Way/Handout via Reuters

SYDNEY—Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia have been rescued after the vessel was damaged from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Wednesday.

Photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away.