Investigation Report
Person overboard from keelboat Wahoo with loss of 1 life
Person overboard from keelboat Wahoo with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Evacuation, Escape and Rescue
- DrowningLine of fireRisk management
- Marine operations
- Evacuation, escape and rescueRisk assessment
- Vessel
Summary
A sailing student aboard Wahoo was knocked overboard by the boom following an accidental gybe off Yarmouth. Instructors could not recover him, and he died after airlift to hospital. The investigation identified inadequate assessment and minimisation of risks specific to his participation; subsequent corrective action meant no recommendations were made.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The report examines a fatal person-overboard event involving keelboat Wahoo.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue.