Accidental gybe on commercially operated sailing yacht Liquid Vortex with 1 person injured

Location: Lyme Bay, England.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel under 100 gross tons, Recreational craft - sail
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 28 May 2011

Accident Investigation Report 25/2011

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

LiquidVortexReport.pdf (1,325.79 kb)

Summary

MAIB Report on the investigation of the serious injury on board the commercially operated yacht Liquid Vortex on 28 May 2011.

Published: 1 December 2011

Published 23 January 2015