16 Canadians were travelling onboard a cruise yacht Alta that was operated by Quasar Expeditions, when the yacht had tried to come in to the harbour, the yacht struck a reef in the Galapagos Islands and rendered it immovable. The ship was then left there to sink while all of its passengers onboard were taken to safety with no reported injuries at all. The passengers who were rescued were then put up in a hotel on the waterfront.
Although this is not a particularly big sinking of a boat – it does show to some extent at how efficient the rescue services are nowadays compared to what they used to be like – safety has become number one on cruise ships and there are always measures in place in case something goes wrong.