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Swamping Safety Database

Details of incident 17

Date	July 1999
Location	Ottawa River, Ontario Rowing Champs, Canada
Water Temperature	“quite pleasant”
Boat(s) involved	2 bow loader 4s
Boat Construction	Vespoli
Outcome	Rescued by officials.
Description	Sudden change in weather. Both swamped and bent at the bow seat.