During the incident, Crown Prince were at sea for watching the Tall Ships race. As one of the motorboats in the area outside Kristiansand suddenly began to take on water , the crown prince steered his boat with police escorts to the rescue.
Witnesses told to Norwegian newspaper, VG that a group tried to tow the leaking engine boat towards the land , but they never came . Then it was realized that the boat sank between 20 and 50 feet from shore and the five people who were in it were rescued up to the royal escort .
Norwegian palace spokeswoman Marianne Langenhagen reported that the crown prince and his entourage were the first who discovered that a boat with five young people were dropping.
Watch the Video Clip Prepared for Tall Ships Race 2010 in Kristiansand