Lessons to be learned from inquiry into fatal sailing incident

4:59 AM Wed 30 Mar 2011 GMT

'Mac Gregor 26 - the kind of hybrid sail/power boat, with retractable keel and water ballast, in which two men were killed last weekend. They were not wearing life jackets' .

Only the thorough investigation which is currently taking place will answer all the questions about why two men died when their sailing boat capsized last weekend. Plainly there will be some lessons to learn, whether it be about the design of the sailing boat or the actions of the people on board. In the meantime there are many theories being aired. The yacht was a Mac Gregor 26, a hybrid trailer-sailor which can act as a power boat or a sailing boat. On board were ten people, and bystanders said that it appeared just before the incident that many of ...

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