List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing
Sailboat racing is risky, but less dangerous than it was in the past. Sailboat racing was started as a thrill sport, to push the limits of the boats and operator's limits. Modern safety and communication equipment has improved safety, but the ocean is unpredictable and the goal is still to test the abilities of the boat and crew, which carries risk.
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Accidents during Crewed Round the Worlds Races and Record Attempts
Race Name | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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Whitbread / Volvo Ocean Race | 1973 | Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking |
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Volvo Ocean Race | 18 May 2006 | Hans Horrevoets (NED) | Off Land End | ABN Amero Volvo 70 | Washed overboard and recovered |
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race | 5 Sep 2015 | Andrew Ashman (GBR)[1] | IchorCoal / Clipper 70 | Head Injury Boom/Mainsheet | |
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race | 1 April 2016 | Sarah Young (GBR)[2] | IchorCoal / Clipper 70 | Swept overboard |
Accidents during Solo Round the Worlds Races and Record Attempts
Race Name | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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Vendée Globe | 1992 | Nigel Burgess (GBR) | |||
Vendée Globe | 1997 | Gerry Roufs (CAN) | |||
Accidents during Singlehanded Racing
Race Name | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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Accidents during Offshore Racing
Race Name | Host Club | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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1979 Fastnet race | Royal Ocean Racing Club | 15 Sailors | ||||
1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race | Cruising Yacht Club of Australia | 27 December 1998 | Phillip Charles Skeggs Bruce Raymond Guy |
Business Post Naiad | drowned heart attack | |
28 December 1998 | John Dean, James Lawler and Michael Bannister |
Winston Churchill | all drowned | |||
28 December 1998 | Glyn Charles (GBR) | Sword of Orion | ||||
Doublehanded Farallones Race | 27 March 1999 | Harvey Shlasky (USA), 51, of Berkeley, California | White Lightning, J/29 | ,[3][4] | ||
Doublehanded Lightship Race | Island Yacht Club of Alameda | 16 March 2008 | Matthew Gale (USA), 68, Mill Valley, California Anthony Harrow (USA), 72, Larkspur, California |
Daisy, Cheoy Lee Offshore 31 | [5] | |
Cowes-Cherbourg Race | Royal Ocean Racing Club | June 2011 | Chris Reddish (GBR), 46 | Lion, Reflex 38 | [6] | |
Farallones Race | San Francisco Yacht Club | 14 April 2012 | Alexis Busch (USA) of Larkspur Jordan Fromm (USA) of Kentfield Alan Cahill (USA) of Tiburon Elmer Morrissey (IRL) Marc Kasanin (USA) |
Low Speed Chase, Sydney 38 | ,[7][8] | |
Calif. to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race. | 28 April 2012 | Kevin Eric Rudolph (USA), 53, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., William Reed Johnson Jr. (USA), 57, of Torrance, Calif., |
Aegean, Hunter 376 | ,[9][10] | ||
Islands Race | Newport Harbor and San Diego Yacht Club | 9 March 2013 | Craig Thomas Williams (USA), 36, California |
Uncontrollable Urge, Columbia 32 Carbon | ,[11][12] |
Accidents Yacht Racing
Race Name | Host Club | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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Big Boat Series | St. Francis Yacht Club | 18 September 1994 | Larry Klein (USA), 42, San Diego | San Francisco | Twin Flyer, 38 foot sloop | [13] |
America's Cup Testing | Golden Gate Yacht Club | 9 May 2013 | Andrew Simpson (GBR) | San Francisco | Artemis Racing, AC72, Boat 1 | Entrapped after the boat broke apart and capsized. |
Accidents Dinghy Sailing
Race Name | Date | Name | Place | Boat | Description |
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References
- ↑ "ANDREW ASHMAN: FATAL INJURY OFFICIAL STATEMENT". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "FATALITY STATEMENT - SARAH YOUNG". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "Sailor Struggles With `What-Ifs' of Boat Race / His friend died after being swept overboard". SFGate. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Scuttlebutt: Sailing news with a North American focus". Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ↑ "Experts mystified by loss of sailboat and 2 aboard". SFGate. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Sail World - The Worlds largest sailing news network: Sail and sailing, cruising, boating news". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ http://media.ussailing.org/Latest_News/2012/USS_Farallones_Report.htm
- ↑ http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/aegean-woman-confirms-husband-fatality_2012-04-30
- ↑ "Panel: Newport-Ensenada yacht ran aground". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press (9 March 2013). "1 dead, 5 rescued in Calif. sailboat race accident". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Routine Race Ends Tragically : Sailing: Perch collapses and ends life of Larry Klein, one of America's brightest hopes, during event in the Bay Area.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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