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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nFollowing extensive research, the Panel is confident that a grounding on North Coronado Island is the cause of accident.<\/p>\n
REVIEW PANEL MAKES DISCOVERY IN RACE TRAGEDY
\nPortsmouth, R.I. (June 12, 2012) – A US Sailing Independent Review Panel has
\ncome to a conclusion regarding the cause of accident during the 2012 Newport
\nto Ensenada Race that resulted in the deaths of four sailors on April 28.
\nAegean, a 37-foot Hunter 376 sailboat, was destroyed during the race a few
\nmiles offshore near Mexico’s Coronado Islands. Following extensive research,
\nthe Panel is confident that a grounding on North Coronado Island is the
\ncause of accident.<\/p>\n
The Panel gathered information from race organizers, collected data from the
\nAegean’s track during the Race, and met with the US Coast Guard San Diego
\nSector’s investigation team. The Panel came to a conclusion after reviewing
\nthe evidence that was assembled, including material from the tracking device
\non board Aegean, and information provided by race organizers of the Newport
\nOcean Sailing Association. The Panel will continue their efforts to document
\nthe accident, draw conclusions, share the lessons learned and offer
\nrecommendations to the sailing community. A full report from US Sailing is
\nexpected by end of July.<\/p>\n
The members of the Independent Review Panel are Chairperson, Bruce Brown Do you suppose the driver was texting? I know life can be strange, but really, run into an island? A US Sailing Independent Review Panel has come to a conclusion regarding the cause of accident. Aegean, a 37-foot Hunter 376 sailboat, was destroyed during the race a few miles offshore near Mexico’s Coronado Islands. Aegean … Continue reading THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[1301,1294,1350],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offshore-sailing","tag-aegean","tag-ensenada-race","tag-us-sailing-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3615,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions\/3615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Costa Mesa, Calif.), John Winder (Annisquam, Mass.), Alan Andrews (Corona
\ndel Mar, Calif.), Ed Adams (Middletown, R.I.), and Alan McMillan (Pensacola,
\nFla.). The Offshore Special Regulations Consultant on the panel is Evans
\nStarzinger (Milford, Conn). The Safety at Sea Committee Chair and Review
\nPanel Liaison is Chuck Hawley (Santa Cruz, Calif.). Medical Advisors are Dr.
\nMichael Jacobs (Vineyard Haven, Mass.), Dr. Kent Benedict (Aptos, Calif.)
\nand Dr. Steven Shea (Long Beach, Calif.). Jim Wildey (Annapolis, Md.)
\nadvises on investigation procedures and formats. — Full story at:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6pyaunf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"