A sailor died after the keel snapped off a yacht, capsizing the vessel hours after it had undergone maintenance work, a Devon inquest heard today. The Max Fun 35 yacht, Hooligan V, sank off the Devon coast at Prawle Point, after its keel came off on 3 February.
Green Marine
about 19 years ago
Keel ‘snapped’ on capsized yacht
A sailor died after the keel snapped off a yacht, capsizing the vessel hours after it had undergone maintenance work, a Devon inquest heard today. The Max Fun 35 yacht, Hooligan V, sank off the Devon coast at Prawle Point, after its keel came off on 3 February.
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