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MAIB report highlights safety issues after fatality
Yachting Monthly UK
|July 2025
An official report into the death of a crew member who fell overboard from a Sonar class keelboat while racing off Cowes in 2022, has highlighted a number of safety issues, particularly for charities.
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Elizabeth Wood, 43, a crew member aboard the Andrew Cassell Foundation Sonar keelboat, Limbitless fell overboard at around 1330 on 1 October, 2022, while racing off Cowes, Isle of Wight, with an experienced skipper and two foundation employees as crew.
The Foundation, founded by Paralympic gold medal winner Andrew Cassell, helps disabled sailors gain independence on the water and focuses on race training with able-bodied crew.
This story is from the July 2025 edition of Yachting Monthly UK.
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