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Florida fishing boat captain tossed from yacht in fatal ocean horror

A 61-year-old charter boat captain was tossed from his yacht in rough seas.


credit: Stuart Browning

RIP Captain Thomas Henry
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Yacht out of control

One of the rare video that shows a yacht (117ft/41m Royal Denship "Unforgettable") which was out of control and crashed against the dock.
The end of the video shows that Royal Denship used to build robust yacht...

The shipyard was declared bankrupt by the Bankruptcy Court in Aarhus in April 2009.

Credit: Unknown - Youtube.com

Yacht accident discussion by Dockwalk

It seems that the recent yacht accidents that we reported on this blog have found some echo in the press.

An interesting article has just been released by Dockwalk (login required) : "Accident reports almost always pinpoint lack of seamanship as the culprit. Mike French goes a step further and looks at why fundamentals are being ignored."

The good thing with Dockwalk is that it is not only a marketing website that only promotes the press release of the shipyards...