Young sailor killed driving tender into anchored yacht

12:05 AM Wed 10 Nov 2010 GMT

'Yacht Burrasca - crew member dead after driving a tender into an anchored yacht' .

A young British sailor has lost his life by colliding with an anchored yacht in the Port of Monaco. William Black, a crew member on the 56 metre ketch Burrasca, was driving his tender at 10.20pm and collided with an unmanned, anchored yacht, only illuminated by the regulation anchor light at the top of the mast. It is believed Will was thrown from the boat, but an official search was called off and his body has not been found. The grieving family of the sailor are calling for more regulations to stop similar incidents happening again. It is true that ...

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by Sail-World Cruising