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The crew of a yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> did not hear a radio call for a maritime assist from a small skiff that ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska, and by the time it did, another nearby ship had already rendered assistance, a spokesperson for the Meta CEO<\/a> said.<\/p>\n The Alaska Beacon reported that the skiff had issued a call for assistance through the U.S. Coast Guard last week and a nearby small cruise ship, the Wilderness Legacy, towed it into nearby Farragut Bay in Southeast Alaska and refueled it.<\/p>\n Every ship is obligated to respond to a distress call under maritime law unless doing so would put their own ship at risk.<\/p>\n Although it was closer, Zuckerberg’s yacht, called Launchpad, had not responded to the call.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son,\u201d Michael Love, a passenger who said he was on the Wilderness Legacy cruise ship, wrote on Bluesky on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n \u201cOur boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht<\/a> \u2014 which was closer \u2014 and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing<\/a> when the captain announced this),\u201d he said. <\/p>\n The Alaska Beacon reported that the spokesperson told them via email on Sunday that the yacht Launchpad did not initially hear the call for assistance. <\/p>\n \u201cMark and his family were not on board at the time of the incident. As the Coast Guard noted, the boat was not in distress, and by the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway. We\u2019re grateful all parties are safe,” the email to the Alaska Beacon said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n