Incident Review

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The Last Wave: What the Double Fatality on Calypso 2 Tells Every Excursion Skipper About Ground Seas, PFDs, and Saying No

MAIB Report 6/2025 — a tourist and a mate drowned when Calypso 2 was swamped by ground seas near West End, Anguilla.…

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In the Water for Twenty Minutes: What the Death of Elizabeth Wood on LimbItless Tells Every Skipper About MOB Planning for Disabled Sailors

MAIB Report 7/2025 — Elizabeth Wood fell overboard during a spinnaker launch at Cowes. Her lifejacket inflated but rode up over her…

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The Chain Nobody Checked: What the Death of Leigh Spencer on Cornishman Tells Every Fishing Vessel Skipper About Lifting Equipment

MAIB Report 8/2025 — deckhand Leigh Spencer was fatally struck when a beam trawler's quick-release chain fractured. The chain was the wrong…

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18 Hours in Debt: What the Loss of Sustain Tells Every Fishing Skipper About Fatigue, Watch Alarms, and the Decision to Sail

MAIB Report 9/2025 — the prawn trawler Sustain grounded at 7.7 knots after the skipper fell asleep at the helm carrying 18…

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The Fifth Time: What the Death of Hugh MacLachlan on Nista Tells the Creel Fishing Industry About Lone-Operated Fishing and Back Rope Entanglement

MAIB Report 10/2025 — skipper Hugh MacLachlan became entangled in the back rope of his own creel fleet and drowned. He was…

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The Seat That Paralysed Her: What the Lundy Explorer Accident Tells Every Commercial RIB Skipper About Passenger Safety and the Front Third Rule

MAIB Report 11/2025 — a 28-year-old sea safari passenger was permanently paralysed when the RIB Lundy Explorer slammed into a wave. She…

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The Toggle and the Becket: How a Loose Lifejacket Fitting Killed a Deckhand on Kingfisher

MAIB Report 12/2025 — deckhand Richard Fiati was dragged overboard when a creel toggle threaded through his PFD's loose rescue becket. His…

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The Fire the CO2 System Couldn't Reach: What Finnmaster's Engine Room Fire Teaches Every Chief Engineer About Modifications, Servicing, and Blind Trust

MAIB Report 13/2025 — a fire broke out in Finnmaster's auxiliary engine room after an unapproved fuel hose modification failed. The fixed…

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27 Knots in a 10-Knot Harbour: What the Göcek Tender Collision Teaches Every Master About Authority You Don't Use

MAIB Report 14/2025 — a superyacht tender, helmed by the owner's representative at 27 knots in a 10-knot harbour, struck a drifting…

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342 Containers, One Night: What MSC Zoe Taught the Industry About Stability, Shallow Water, and Not Knowing How Bad It Is

On the night of 1-2 January 2019, the 19,244 TEU MSC Zoe lost 342 containers into the North Sea north of the…

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Ever Wish: When the SMS Said It Was Safe and the Sea Disagreed

The forecast didn't meet the heavy weather threshold. Six crew went on deck. One didn't come back. TSIBS investigation into the Ever…

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Thor Nitnirund: The Web Sling That Was Never on the Register

A web sling not on the Lifting Gear Register. No risk assessment. No safety briefing. The TAIC investigation into the Thor Nitnirund…

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