Not clipped on, all crew lost overboard



9:27 PM Mon 31 May 2010 GMT
'Crew overboard tragedy' .
No matter how many Safe Boating Weeks are held, no matter how strong the campaigns to wear life jackets and stay clipped on, still tragic incidents happen which could have been avoided. Last week yet another double sailing tragedy occurred which will never be fully explained - two sailors fell overboard and their sailing boat sailed onto a beach. The bodies of two sailors were found, one floating, the other on shore after they were washed off their boat during a weekend sailing trip. As there were no witnesses, it will never be known how the tragedy occurred. It happened ...


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by Lisa Mylchreest




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