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Swamping Safety Database
Details of incident 101
Swamping record
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Date |
22 Jan 2004 |
Location |
Tampa, Florida |
Water Temperature |
57F / 14C |
Boat(s) involved |
8+ |
Boat Construction |
Vespoli |
Outcome |
Crew rescued in the dark by coastguard and police launch |
Description |
Racing eight swamped by tugboat wake in the dark. The boat became
unrowable. The crew abandoned the boat and transferred to the chase boat.
Carried along by current - monitored by police helicopter. Picked up 1 hour
after phoning the rescue services. |
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