The November issue of Soundings magazine has an item about a Laser sailor being run over by a 100-foot tour boat in Charleston SC harbor during a regatta July.
Though the captain of the tour boat was primarily faulted, the Coast Guard report seems to place collateral blame on many parties involved, including the Laser sailer and the Charleston Yacht Club regatta organizers.
A summary of this event is at this link and a July news article about the event is here.
Reading these summaries, it appears that:
- The tour boat maintained an inadequate lookout
- The Laser sailor maintained an inadequate lookout
- The regatta organizers submitted their application for an event permit too late to assure distribution through routine Notices to Mariners.
- The regatta organizers did not monitor the emergency VHF channel 16
Were there other things that you think the regatta organizers and participants could have done better? We welcome your comments, which may help run safer regattas on Long Island Sound.
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