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2. List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing - Wikipedia

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   Boat Description Ref. Big Boat Series St. Francis Yacht Club 18 September 1994 Larry Klein (USA), 42 San Francisco Twin Flyer, 38 foot sloop [23] Commodore Perry Race North Cape Yacht Club 3 June 2007 Bruce Goldsmith (USA), 71 Lake Erie: J/29 Boom head injury America's Cup Testing Golden Gate Yacht Club 9 May 2013 Andrew Simpson (GBR) San Francisco

3. Mobile Bay sailing disaster - Wikipedia

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   The Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster was a maritime disaster during the 57th Annual Dauphin Island Yacht Race, in Mobile Bay, Alabama on April 25, 2015. [1] The event resulted in the deaths of six sailors, one of whose body was never recovered, and 8 sunken vessels.

4. Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Wikipedia

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   These were the first race-related fatalities in the history of the race. Later inquiry said that the boat — specifically its high performance extremely wide low displacement hull [5] [6] [7] — was unfit for the location, weather and the multiday and lengthy race, and urged race officials to change ratings and revoke privileges to enter the ...

5. Marchioness disaster - Wikipedia

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   Marchioness, beached on the north bank of the River Thames after she was raised from the river bed The Marchioness disaster was a collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London in the early hours of 20 August 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 51 people. The pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being hit twice by the dredger Bowbelle at about 1:46 am, between Cannon Street ...

6. Two tragic Keys boat crashes, two vastly different charges ...

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   With some 1 million registered vessels, the state typically leads the nation in both accidents and deaths — 723 and 63 respectively in 2002, according to the latest FWC annual accident report.

7. Sailing ship accidents - Wikipedia

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   The sailboat is particularly vulnerable to capsizing or hitting a shoal or rock in the water when the steering fails. In heavy chop there is a lot of force on the rudder as it is pushed by the water. If the ship is flying a Spinnaker and it loses steering, the boat will most likely broach (head up into wind), which will, on most boats, cause a ...

8. Sailboat hits reef off Waikiki; all passengers safely ... - AOL

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   Mar. 4—A 90-foot sailboat, called the Criterion, ran into a reef Sunday afternoon roughly 500 yards offshore from Fort DeRussy in Waikiki with about 30 adults on board. Honolulu Ocean Safety ...

9. 1979 Fastnet Race - Wikipedia

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   Memorial to the 15 competitors who died in the 1979 Fastnet Race, Lissarnona, Cape Clear Island, Cork, Ireland; the 6 spectator names were added later. The 1979 Fastnet Race was the 28th Royal Ocean Racing Club's Fastnet Race, a yachting race held generally every two years since 1925 on a 605-nautical-mile (1,120 km; 696 mi) course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via ...