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Leisure Marine

Lifejacket prevented teenager’s escape from capsized pleasure cruiser

A teenager who drowned after being trapped in the cabin of a capsized pleasure cruiser was unable to escape after her lifejacket automatically inflated, an investigation has found, according to the Daily Mail. Gillian Davey, 17, was with her parents and brother on board the 5.4m Norma G, when the boat was capsized by a large […]

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Superyacht

Unattended candles cause loss of $6.3m yacht

Candles lit and left unattended in a yacht’s VIP suite caused a fire that resulted in the total loss of a vessel worth $6.3m and $480,000 in damage to a Miami marina and adjacent vessels in 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in its Marine Accident Brief 21/17. According to gCaptain, no injuries were reported […]