Investigation Report
Sinking of the wooden hulled motorboat Globetrotter with loss of 1 life
Sinking of the wooden hulled motorboat Globetrotter with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Marine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- DrowningStructural and asset integrityVessel flooding and founderingVessel grounding
- Inspection and maintenanceNavigation
- Navigation and positioning equipmentPersonal protective equipmentPumps
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescuePreventive maintenance
- Marine watersPort and quaysideVessel
Summary
Investigation of Globetrotter’s foundering off Fleetwood during a recreational angling trip, with one drowning after anchor-rope entanglement. The report examines poor wooden-hull condition, probable grounding damage, inadequate passage planning and emergency preparedness. It discusses bilge pumping, flotation devices, liferaft provision and rescue difficulties; the exact source of water ingress remained unestablished.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Vessel grounding.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The report examines the sinking of wooden-hulled motorboat Globetrotter, resulting in one fatality.
Themes: marine operations, vessel and mooring.