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Swamping Safety Database
Details of incident 97
Swamping record
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| Date |
Feb 2004 |
| Location |
Tideway |
| Water Temperature |
unknown |
| Boat(s) involved |
8+ |
| Boat Construction |
Empacher |
| Outcome |
Boat swamped by wake, crew made it to shore. |
| Description |
Wash from a cruiser added to rough water meant that the boat
took on more and more water, crew stopped around Barnes Elms to head for the
bank as their boat sank under the waves. With the crew nearly up to their
waists in water while standing in the boat, there was no option but to
ditch, though thankfully they were close to the shore by this time and
everyone got out OK. |
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