{"id":37492,"date":"2026-08-11T00:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37492"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:11:31","slug":"zuckerbergs-yacht-missed-a-stranded-boaters-distress-call-another-ship-didnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37492","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht missed a stranded boater\u2019s distress call. Another ship didn\u2019t."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/10\/US_Alaska_Zuckerberg_Yacht_68128_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Did Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht really leave a stranded boater in the cold waters off Alaska? Not exactly \u2014 but his crew did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/10\/mark-zuckerbergs-spokesperson-says-yacht-not-hear-call-maritime\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">miss a distress call last week<\/a>, and a nearby cruise ship stepped in instead.<\/p>\n<p>A small skiff ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska and radioed the U.S. Coast Guard for help, according to the Alaska Beacon. The Wilderness Legacy, a small cruise ship, towed the skiff into Farragut Bay in Southeast Alaska and refueled it. Maritime law requires every ship to respond to a distress call unless doing so would put its own vessel at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht, Launchpad, was closer to the skiff but did not respond. Michael Love, a passenger aboard the Wilderness Legacy, wrote on Bluesky on Aug. 5 that the Coast Guard \u201cradioed Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht \u2014 which was closer \u2014 and they repeatedly refused to respond.\u201d Mr. Love said there was \u201cnear unanimous booing\u201d when the captain announced what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>A Meta spokesperson told the Alaska Beacon that Launchpad\u2019s crew did not initially hear the call. Mr. Zuckerberg and his family were not aboard at the time, the spokesperson said. By the time the crew noticed the Coast Guard\u2019s contact on a different radio channel, the rescue was already underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful all parties are safe,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/10\/mark-zuckerbergs-spokesperson-says-yacht-not-hear-call-maritime\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerberg spokesperson says his yacht did not hear call for maritime assist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #3e3e3e;\"><em><br \/>\n                          This article was constructed with the assistance of artificial intelligence and published by a member of The Washington Times&#8217; AI News Desk team. The contents of this report are based solely on The Washington Times&#8217; original reporting, wire services, and\/or other sources cited within the report. For more information, please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/ai-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI policy<\/a> or contact Steve Fink, Director of Artificial Intelligence, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/10\/mark-zuckerbergs-yacht-ignore-distress-call-alaska-heres-happened\/mailto:sfink@washingtontimes.com\">sfink@washingtontimes.com<\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #3e3e3e;\"><em><br \/>\n                          The Washington Times AI Ethics Newsroom Committee can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/10\/mark-zuckerbergs-yacht-ignore-distress-call-alaska-heres-happened\/mailto:aispotlight@washingtontimes.com\">aispotlight@washingtontimes.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n                      <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s yacht really leave a stranded boater in the cold waters off Alaska? Not exactly \u2014 but his crew did miss a distress call last week, and a nearby cruise ship stepped in instead. A small skiff ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska and radioed the U.S. Coast Guard for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/10\/US_Alaska_Zuckerberg_Yacht_68128_c0-211-5075-3171_s1200x700.jpg?a58414ef676e21ff9021cec0dde8bb8e2a947a47","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}