Channel: What Lurks Below

Category: Education

Tags: sailing in rough seasdeadly sailingsailing tripssailing insailing into the windship collisions at seasailing around the worldpeople drown at seasailing drowningwhat lurks underneathboat accidentsship capsizingship in stormsailing accidentspeople survive at seawhat lurks belowsailing in a stormoceans explainedsailing desastershipwreck documentaryship collisionboat crashshipwreckssailinghorrible sailing trips

Description: From big storms to boat crashes, these deadly sailing adventures are both scary & unlucky. Several incidents of people drowning. SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: goo.gl/7xzjzR DEADLIEST SAILING ADVENTURES #10. WINGNUTS CAPSIZE The WingNuts was involved in the Chicago-Mackinac Race when a powerful storm hit it. The events occurred because of a 50-knot-plus gust storm cell. Six crew members managed to escape after the ship capsized. However, two of the crewmembers, Suzanne Makowski-Bickel and skipper Mark Morley died in the accident. The pair suffered blunt force trauma to the head, and a secondary cause of death was drowning. The survivors managed to draw the attention of 20 other boats with whistles and signal lights. #9. RAMBLER 100 CAPSIZE A former speedboat, Rambler 100, endured an accident that lasted for hours. The Rambler 100 is a 100-foot grand pix ocean racer. Known for its speeding skills and technique, the accident happened within 15 minutes of the canting keel coming off. The vessel inverted and capsized with 21 crew onboard. While some of the crew wore appropriate clothing, the majority did not. #8. 420 DINGHY CAPSIZE In 2011, a summer junior sailing program at the Seven Sailing Association at Annapolis became an unfortunate accident. The June 23 accident saw a Club 420 running under a spinnaker and accidentally capsizing and turning turtle. Then 14-year-old crewmember, Olivia Constants started telling her skipper that she was tangled. The entanglement was an awkward trapeze wire hooked to her harness. #7. SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual sailing contest that saw a deadly accident in 1998. Sailors from Britain, Tasmania, and New South Wales drowned due to a cell storm cutting through the fleet. In total, seven yachts were abandoned at sea. #6. CROATIA MOTOR-YACHT The sad news of two Italian sailors’ deaths was announced in 2011. The sailors were both 60-year-olds from Padua, and their bodies were only recovered four hours after the accident. Their 13-meter sailing boat was hit by a 13-meter motor yacht, which threw them into the water around Maslinovik, off the Primosten on the Central Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The whole yacht was dismasted. #5. SARASOTA SAILING TRAGEDY A boat struck three young sailors in Florida during their Sarasota Youth Sailing club practice. Baugh was riding his vessel and helping another young sailor. While this was something only a skilled professional should do, Baugh did it impressively for a while until he lost his footing and fell, putting the vessel in gear. #4. WELLINGTON-LYTTELTON YACHT RACE There were 20 yachts contested in this race. The race would take anywhere between two to five days to complete. Many yachts were disqualified for using their engines in the southerly storm, and the others withdrew. In the end, Tawhiri was the only vessel to complete the race. Other ships got lost or damaged in the storm. #3. NEW ZEALAND COLLISION A freighter ship tore into a 47-foot yacht carrying a family of four. The ship Melinda Lee carried a Santa Clarita family who dreamed of sailing together for years. #2. VENDEE GLOBE GLORY STORY Alex Thomson finishing second in the Vendee Globe seems like a reasonable effort until you realize that he might have gone through the worst times of his life. During the contents he discovered something that should shake anyone who has the tiniest idea of vessels and how they operate. On a routine inspection, Alex Thomson, sailing solos, found structural damage to the central longitude up forward that had broken in multiple places. Alex had to drop sail and head west quickly. He contacted his team, and they came up with a recovery plan. The repairs took two days, and Alex himself was knee-deep in the handiwork. This could have gone terribly wrong if it was not discovered early like it was. #1. SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY The San Francisco sailing community has a century-old tradition called the Full Crew Farallones Race. The race is for the most skilled sailors and a chance for their fans to witness excellence. The winds are expected at 10 to 20 knots, contributing to the 14-foot ocean swells. The yachts and their crew are aware of these rough conditions, and they still sign up. In April 2012, with 49 race yachts involved, a series of powerful waves spelled doom for the community. The 38-foot low-Speed Chase involved was the first fatality recorded in the race's history. Halfway through the race, one crew member died, and four went missing at sea when strong waves swept them at Farrallon Islands. Three survivors, including the captain, were rescued 300 feet away from the damaged vessel. Would you still like to go sailing after all these horror stories?