Organisers of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race say Simon Speirs, who was crewing on CV30, GREAT Britain, died after he was washed overboard in the Southern Ocean
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Clipper Race responds to publication of report into fatal accidents
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published its report into two fatal accidents in the 2015-16 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Mast-fall yachtsman’s death was ‘suicide’ – inquest rules
A suspected drug smuggler killed himself by jumping from the mast of his yacht while Border Force agents searched below, an inquest in Plymouth has recorded.
Interim report on Andrew Ashman’s Clipper Race death
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an interim report on the investigation of the fatal accident on board the Clipper yacht CV21, off the coast of Portugal on…
Detectives investigate Norfolk Broads boat deaths
Detectives are today continuing their investigations into the death of two people on a boat in Wroxham, on the Norfolk Broads.
Sailor died after his Drascombe Lugger capsized off the Moray coast
A sailor who died after his Drascombe Lugger capsized in a "fierce squall" off the Moray coast has been named.
Emergency liferaft did not inflate when fishermen abandoned boat
A fisherman who survived the sinking of a fishing boat has told how the crew’s liferaft did not inflate when their boat began taking on water, off the Western Isles,…
Second Briton dies in Clipper Round the World Race
The death of businesswoman Sarah Young follows that of London paramedic Andrew Ashman, who was knocked unconscious in September on board the same yacht.
Mummified sailor: Clipper Race statement
A Clipper Race team statement about their LMAX Exchange race yacht's initial discovery of deceased German sailor Manfred Bajorat
Yachtsman dies in Clipper Round the World Race
Andrew Ashman, from Orpington, Kent did not regain consciousness after being injured while reefing the mainsail, approximately 120 nautical miles off the Portuguese coast.