Incident Investigation Reports

World Sailing requires that an incident be reported if it involves a World Sailing organised or recognised event, any training at or prior to World Sailing recognised events and any training or racing at events run by a World Sailing MNA.

Incidents recorded by World Sailing:

Case Number Incident Date Case Name Boat Type Status Comments
SP173 26/09/2024 Offshore Double Handed World Championship Sunfast 30 OD Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP172 04/09/2024 2024 Optimist South American Championship Committee Boat Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP171 28/07/2024 Les Sables – Les Acores – Les Sables – April Marine Wevo 6.5 Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP170 16/07/2024 Youth Sailing World Championships ILCA 6 Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP169 02/07/2024 Delivery – Solution 50ft Sloop Structural Failure – Crew rescued
SP168 09/07/2024 Transat Quebec Saint Malo – Acrobatica Class 40 Collision with vessel – Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP167 09/07/2024 Agean 600 – Haven Pogo 44 Fatality
SP166 25/04/2024 Newport Bermuda Race – Gunga Din Swedish Yachts 41 Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP165 23/06/2024 Club Racing – Fatality Laustre Fatality – Crew Rescued – Boat sunk
SP164 23/06/2024 Newport Bermuda Race – Alliance J/121 Collision with object – Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP163 16/06/2024 Delivery – Keel Failure – The Big Hairy Sayer 11 Fatality – Crew rescued
SP162 30/05/2024 Squad Training – 49FX Entrapment 49FX Entrapment – Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP161 11/05/2024 Transat CIC – Evacuation – Zeiss Class 40 Injury requiring hospitalisation – Crew Evacuation – Boat recovered
SP160 17/04/2024 Cap Martinique – Philauvent-Passecoque JPK 960 Fatality
SP159 06/04/2024 Global Solo Challenge – Le Souffle de la Mer III X37 Grounding – Boat rescued
SP158 05/04/2024 Ocean Globe Race – Translated 9 Swan 65 Structural Failure – Boat retired from leg
SP157 23/03/2024 Cape Naturaliste Return Race – Baci First 45 Keel Failure – Crew Rescued – Boat sunk
SP156 24/10/2021 Cork Harbour – Jelly Baby J109 Man Overboard – Grounding – Boat Rescued
SP155 30/03/2024 Single Handed Training – Man Overboard Mini 6.5 Man Overboard – Crew Rescued – Boat Rescued
SP154 09/03/2024 Hong Kong – Fatality Yacht Man Overboard – Crew Rescued – Fatality
SP153 03/03/2024 Delivery – Sogestran Seafrigo Class 40 Structural Failure – Boat abandoned – Crew rescued – Boat rescued
SP152 17/09/2023 Ocean Globe Race – Triana Swan 53 Crew member evacuation – Crew member requiring hospitalisation
SP151 16/02/2024 AC Testing – INEOS Briannia – Athena AC40 Fire – Boat rescued
SP150 15/02/2024 Global Solo Challenge – Phoenix Class 40 Structural failure – Boat abandoned – Crew rescued
SP149 15/12/2023 iQFOiL Training – Drone Coach Boat Injury requiring first aid
SP148 10/02/2024 Delivery – Miss Scarlett RP52 Fire – Crew rescued – Boat Sunk
SP147 12/02/2024 Global Solo Challenge – Shipyard Brewing Open 50 Dismasting – Crew Rescued
SP146 10/07/2023 Agean 600 – Rudder Bearing Neo 430 ROMA Rudder bearing failure – Retired from Race
SP145 20/01/2024 Ocean Globe Race – Translated 9 Swan 65 Structural Failure – Retired from leg
SP144 08/02/2024 Sydney Flying Squadron – Club Racing Historical 18ft skiff Collision with vessel – Boat and crew recued
SP143 18/01/2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge – SVR Lazartigue Ultim Collision with object – Retired from race
SP142 06/02/2023 Club Racing (UK) – Fatality GP14 Medical Condition – Fatality
SP141 11/12/2023 Retrour a la Base – Forient – Best Western IMOCA Head Injury – Injury requiring hospitalisation –  Continued Racing
SP140 06/12/2023 Retrour a la Base – Groupe Dubruil IMOCA Head Injury – Injury requiring hospitalisation –  Continued Racing
SP139 7/11/2023 Transat Jaques Vabre – Le Rire Medecin Ocean 50 Structural failure – Boat rescue/recovery – No injuries
SP138 28/10/2023 South Regional Training Group (UK) 29er/Feva/topper Boat abandoned – Crew rescued – Injury requiring first-aid
SP137 25/10/2023 Wingfoil – Mega-fauna strike (AUS) Wingfoil Mega-fauna strike – No Injury
SP136 20/10/2023 Coastal Classic – Fatality Beneteau First 50 Head Injury – Fatality
SP135 05/10/2023 2023 Mini Transat – Leg 1 Mini 6.5 Keel Failure – Boat Abandoned – Crew rescued
SP134 29/09/2023 MG32 World Championship – Facial Injury M32 Facial Injury – Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP133  26/09/2023 MG32 World Championship – Broken Finger M32 Broken Finger – Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP132 23/09/2023 SailGP – Italy F50 Head Injury – Injury requiring hospital overnight stay
SP131 23/09/2023 2023 Asian Games – Head Injury iQFOiL Head Injury – Injury requiring hospitalisation
SP130 25/07/2023 2.4mR Finnish and Nordic Championships 2.4mR Boat submerged – Injury requiring first-aid
SP129 01/08/2023 2023 29er World Championships – Near miss 29er Near miss incident – injury requiring first-aid
SP128 16/07/2023 Formula Kite Youth (U21) World Championship  – Training Injury IKA Formula Kite Foil Strike – Injury Requiring Hospitalisation
SP127 22/07/2023 Fastnet – Oystercatcher XXXV Carkeek CF 520 Structural Failure
SP126 22/07/2023 Fastnet – Azora C&C 115 Collision With Object – Injury Requiring Hospitalisation – Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued – Boat Recovered
SP125 22/07/2023 Fastnet – Vari Sunfast 3600 Structural Failure – Boat Abandoned – Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued
SP124 13/07/2023 Offshore Passage – Defiant ORMA 60 Boat Found – Sailor Missing
SP123 16/07/2023 Qualification Passage – POCH’TROT Mini 6.5 Grounding – Boat Abandoned
SP122 7/07/2023 Around Australia Record – Waterline Mini 6.5 Collision With Object – Injury Requiring Hospitalisation – Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued – Boat Recovered
SP121 3/07/2023 Gotland Runt – Pandion Farr38 Rudder Loss – Boat Abandoned – Crew Rescued – Boat Recovered
SP120 28/06/2023 Jester Baltimore Challenge – Minke Folkboat Suspected Man-Overboard – Suspected Fatality
SP119 22/06/2023 The Ocean Race – Team Jajo Ocean 65 Mega-Fauna Strike – Boat Continued Racing
SP118 26/12/2018 Sydney To Hobart – Patriot J133 Rudder Loss – Boat Rescued
SP117 17/06/2023 2023 RCYC Open – Severn II 8 Metre Collision With Vessel – Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued – Boat Recovered
SP116 7/06/2023 Dunlaoghaire-To-Dingle Race – WOW Reichel Pugh 37 Rudder Failure – Boat Towed To Port
SP115 28/05/2023 Norwegian Cup – Wingfoil Collision With Vessel Wingfoil Collision With Commercial Vessel – Injury Requiring Hospitalisation
SP114 31/05/2023 Delivery – Groupe Berkem – Fire Class 40 Fire – Crew Rescued
SP113 26/05/2023 Royal Escape Race – Aelana Elizabethan 29 Man Overboard – Fatality
SP112 26/05/2023 Cowes – Deauville Race – Alexa X-332 Man Overboard – Fatality
SP110 12/05/2023 IQFOiL Europeans – Mega-Fauna Strike IQFOiL Mega-Fauna Strike – Dislocated Shoulder – Did Not Finish Event
SP109 9/05/2023 IQFOiL Europeans – Dislocated Shoulder IQFOiL Dislocated Shoulder – Did Not Finish Event
SP108 25/05/2023 The Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing IMOCA Suspected Mega-Fauna Strike – Injuries Including Head – Boat Continued Racing
SP107 24/05/2023 Pro Sailing Tour – Le Rire Medecin-Lamotte Ocean 50 Mega-Fauna Strike – Continued Racing – No Injuries
SP106 22/05/2023 Offshore Passage – Lancelot Yacht Mega-Fauna Strike – Boat Diverted To Nearest Harbour – No Injuries
SP105 9/05/2023 IQFOiL Europeans – Shoulder IQFOiL Injury Requiring First Aid On Site
SP104 9/05/2023 IQFOiL Europeans – Cheekbone IQFOiL Injury Requiring Hospitalisation – Fracture
SP103 27/04/2023 SOF Hyeres Regatta – Support Vessel Support Vessel Man Overboard – Unmanned Support Boat At High Speed – No Injuries
SP102 10/04/2023 Golden Globe Race – Puffin Tradewind 35 Cutter Dismasting – Crew Injured – Crew Rescued – Boat Scuttled
SP101 2/04/2023 Bodrum Açıkdeniz Yelken Kulübü – Skymarine Aquavit Beneteau First 44.7 Collision With Vessel – Structural Damage – Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued
SP100 12/03/2023 Offshore Passage- Raindancer KP44 Mega-Fauna Strike – Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued
SP099 31/03/2023 The Ocean Race – Biotherm IMOCA Collision With Object/UFO – Structural Damage
SP098 23/03/2023 Flying Fifteen World Championships Flying Fifteen Collision Between Boats  – Crew Member Injured
SP097 26/03/2023 The Ocean Race – Team Malizia IMOCA  Head Injury- Remote Medical Assistance Provided – Treatment Provided On-Board
SP096 18/02/2023 SailGP Australia – Technical Site F50 Technical Site Safety Incident – Equipment Damage – No Major Injuries Reported
SP095 20/02/2023 Lincoln Regatta Week Solaris 50 Man Overboard – Fatality
SP094 18/02/2023 SailGP Australia – Emirates Great Britain F50 Man Overboard – Crew Rescued
SP093 8/02/2023 AC Testing/Preparation – NEOS Brittania T6 LEQ12 Fire
SP092 12/01/2023 Globe 40 – Milai Class 40 Collision With Object/UFO – Keel And Structural Damage – Boat Retired
SP091 16/06/2022 Globe 40 – Milai Class 40 Mega-Fauna Strike – Rudder Damage
SP090 1/01/2023 Offshore Passage – Flare Fatality – Bonte Koning Truly Classic 78 Flare Explosion – One Fatality – Product Recalled
SP089 6/01/2023 MGM Macau Regatta – Shanghai Senior Sailors Beneteau 40.7 Collision – Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued
SP088 13/01/2023 Australian Finn National Championships Finn Skipper Knocked Unconscious, Rescued And Resuscitated – Boat Recovered
SP087 16/12/2022 Portugal Grand Prix – ILCA/IJ Collision ILCA 6 Collision Post Race – Skipper Taken To Hospital For Examination
SP086 28/12/2022 Sydney To Hobart Race – Huntress Sydney 39CR Collision With Object -Rudder Loss – Crew Rescued- Boat Beached And Recovered
SP085 23/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – Asteria Multi 40 Capsize – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP084 18/11/2022 Golden Globe Race Gaia 36 Boat Sunk – Crew Rescued
SPXXX 16/11/2022 Route Du Rhum Finish Spectator Vessel Capsize – Fatalities
SP083 15/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – Interaction Trimaran 50ft Trimaran Grounding – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP082 13/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – Nexans –Art & Fenêtres IMOCA Fire – Boat Sunk –  Crew Rescued
SP081 13/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – CMA Île De France ORC 50 Capsize – Crew Recovered
SP080 12/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – Solidaires En Peloton  Ocean Fifty Capsize – Boat And Recovered
SP079 10/11/2022 Route Du Rhum – E.Leclerc Ville-La-Grand Class 40 Grounding – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP078 18/09/2022 Golden Globe Race (ESP) – Spirit Tashiba 36 Grounding – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP077 2/08/2022 Qualification Trip – Groupe Berkem Class 40 Keel Failure – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP076 19/07/2022 Dhream Cup(IRL) – Lodi Group 50Ft Catamaran Capsize – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP075 15/07/2022 Qualification Trip(GBR) – PIR2 50Ft Trimaran Collision – Capsize – Boat And Crew Recovered
SP074 2/07/2022 Qualification Trip(AUS) – Nexba Farr X2 Keel Failure – Capsize – Crew Rescued – Boat Destroyed
SP073 10/04/2022 1000 Miles Des Sables Ocean 50 Trimaran Boat And Crew Recovered
SP072 30/04/2022 Finn Masters-Keyhaven(GBR) Finn Fatality
SP071 30/04/2022 Settimana Velica Internazionale(ITA) ILCA Hit By Boom – Fatality
SP070 18/04/2022 Delivery Trip Infiniti 52 Yacht Abandoned – Crew Rescued
SP069 10/04/2022 Training(ALG) 49erFX Fatality
SP068 10/03/2022 Superyacht Challenge(ANT) Southern Wind 102 Rigging Failure – Fatal Head Injury
SP067 18/02/2022 Med Sailing – El Balis(ESP) 29er 1.Collision Crew Injury – Broken Ankle. 2. Collision Severe Leg Muscle Tear. 3. Broken Finger
SP066 13/12/2021 Sail India 2021 49er Capsize – Crew Probably Hit On Head And Unconscious In Water. Rushed To Hospital, Revived Under CPR But Critical- Passed Away 21 January.
SP065 27/11/2021 KiteFoil World Series Fuerteventura Kitefoil Landed Face First On Foil Spar-Sailed To Shore-Cut And Fracture Of Upper Jaw
SP064 11/10/2021 Training Before 2021 Formula Kite Worlds Formula Kite Mid-Air Collision – Sailed To Shore – Injury Acromioclavicular Separation Right Shoulder
SP063 24/06/2021 NACRA 17 – NZL Rudder Strike-Leg Cut NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations
SP062 23/02/2021 NACRA 17 – NOR Rudder Strike-Leg Cut NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations
SP061 27/01/2021 SeaExplorer-Yacht Club De Monaco – Collision IMOCA
SP060 17/01/2021 Patriot Structural Failure – Swamping AC75
SP059 25/11/2020 Optimist Sailor Fatality – Unmanned RIB Collision Optimist
SP058 2/12/2020 Initiatives Coeur – IMOCA 60 Ufo Keel Collision IMOCA
SP057 30/11/2020 PRB – IMOCA 60 Structural Failure IMOCA
SP055 8/02/2020 Crew Fall And MOB – Shoulder Injury M32
SP054 17/09/2020 Kiteboarding Strike Foiling Kite
SP053 17/09/2020 IQFoil Foil Strike IQFoil
SP052 5/01/2020 Showtime – Keel Detached Ker 40 Modified Australian Sailing Report Pending
SP051 17/12/2019 Pinocchio – Abandoned Class 40 Skipper Account Published – Class 40 Reviewed
SP050 3/11/2019 Hugo Boss – Keel Collision IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss Team Report Circulated
SP049 9/01/2019 Tornado Towline Tornado
SP048 4/04/2019 NACRA 17 – Foil Strike Nacra 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations
SP047 30/08/2019 49erFX FIN Back Injury 49erFX
SP046 30/05/2019 Collision With Hydrofoil Ferry – Fatality RS:X
SP045 29/09/2019 Windfoiling – Missed Wishbone, Foil Strike Windfoiling
SP044 23/09/2019 Phoenix II – Winch Pedestal – Broken Arm TP52
SP043 25/08/2019 Provezza – Dismasting Head Injury TP52
SP042 10/05/2019 SLED – Crew Cardiac Arrest TP52
SP041 25/08/2019 NACRA 17 – Japan Collision Rudder Strike NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations
SP040 12/06/2019 RS Venture – Capsize – Fatality RS Venture Capsize And Full Inversion Of Self-Righting Keelboat RS Venture Connect Sail Number 307 With Loss Of 1 Life – GOV.UK (Www.Gov.Uk)
SP039 30/04/2019 NACRA 17 – Helm Crew Collide NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations
SP038 21/02/2019 NACRA 17 – Accidental Trapeze Un-Hook, Rudder Strike Armpit NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP037 17/01/2019 NACRA 17 – Helm Fell Overboard During Gybe – Legs Hit Rudder NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP036 14/09/2018 Kite Collision With Umpire Jetski Kiteboard TwinTip:R Umpire/Safety Jetski Collided With Competitor, Transferred To Ambulance In 5 Minutes Of Incident.
SP035 26/10/2018 NACRA 17 Deceleration, Crew Hit Something On Deck With Ankle NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP034 29/05/2018 Kite-Fatality-Non_racing-Porto Seguro_Brazil Kiteboard Outside Scope – Non-Racing And Non-Race Training
SP033 25/09/2018 Kite-Fatality-Non_racing-Galicia_Spain Kiteboard Outside Scope – Non-Racing And Non-Race Training
SP032 12/09/2018 NACRA 17 Crew Overboard – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP031 12/09/2018 Kite-Fatality-Non_racing-Polish Male-Sicily Kiteboard Outside Scope – Non-Racing And Non-Race Training
SP030 30/06/2018 Kite-Fatality-Non_racing-Collision Italian Male 31-Sicily Kiteboard Outside Scope – Non-Racing And Non-Race Training
SP029 18/09/2018 Kite-Fatality-Non_racing French Male 45-Siciliy Kiteboard Outside Scope – Non-Racing And Non-Race Training
SP028 7/09/2018 NACRA 17-GBR – Decelaration – Shoulder Injury NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP027 10/08/2018 Cowes Week – Overboard Crew Dragged By Spinnaker Sheet RS Elite Crew Fell Overboard, Dragged Along By Spinnaker Sheet Around Leg
SP026 9/07/2018 NACRA 17 – Rudder Strike Racing NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP025 7/04/2018 NACRA 17 – Crew Overboard Training NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP024 23/06/2018 NACRA 17 Lake Garda Bear Away Training NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP023 23/05/2018 Finn Masters – Faint Finn (Masters) Due To Profile Of Participants, Organisers Developed Emergency Fast Response Procedure. Fire Brigade Rib With Advanced Health Equipment Arrived In 4 Minutes.
SP022 15/04/2018 Crew Overboard -Day Race -Yacht Without Guardrails ‘Top Gun’ Adams 10 Sailing Downwind, Yacht Broached Crew Fell Overboard, After Being Recovered From The Water The Casuality Could Not Be Resuscitated
SP021 26/03/2018 Volvo Ocean Race ‘Scallywag’ MOB Fatality Volvo Ocean 65 Awaiting Race Organisers Report
SP020 20/03/2019 IMOCA 60 ‘Gonnagitcha 2’ (Ex ‘Fleury Michon X’ 1989) Keel Loss IMOCA 60 Photo Published Of Up-Turned Hull, No Keel, Bow Sliced Off. On Passage North From Panama Canal – Caribbean . No Further Information
SP019 15/02/2018 NACRA 17 -Training – Finger Fracture Bone NACRA 17 World Sailing Incident Report Published
SP018 10/01/2018 Musto Skiff – Port-Starboard Collision – Bowsprit Hit Helm’s Arm Musto Skiff Injured Arm , RIB Attended In 1 Minute, Doctor On Committee Boat. Information Has Been Sent To Industry Suppliers For Potential Development Of Protective Clothing
SP017 23/02/2018 Yacht – ‘Finistere’ Keel Loss Davidson 50ft RFBYC Commisioned Independent Report And RFBYC Response To Recommendations Published. Police Report Awaited.
SP016 22/02/2018 NACRA 17 – Downwind Deceleration – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP015 14/02/2018 NACRA 17 – Foiling Leeward Side Projected On To Shroud NACRA 17 Incident Covered By Previous Recommendations. Panel To Monitor Further Trends
SP014 1/11/2017 NACRA 17 First Sail – Pitchpole Footstrap Entrapment NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP013 17/08/2017 NACRA 17- Training – Trapeze Miss – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 Harnes Was Hooked Into Elastic, Not Trapeze Loop
SP012 23/06/2017 49er Racing – Kieler Woche Excessive Wind 49er Race Officials Have The Appropriate Guidelines, Authority And Knowledge To Decide On Safe Sea State And Wind Limits.
SP011 17/01/2018 NACRA 17 Training – Trapeze Miss – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 See NACRA 17 Class Recommendations.
SP010 6/01/2018 NACRA 17-Training – Trapeze Failure – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 Trapeze Failure Where Stainless Steel Hoop Attached To Block
SP009 5/01/2018 NACRA 17-Training – Gennaker Hoist Shoulder Dislocation NACRA 17 Incident Covered By Previous Recommendations. Panel To Monitor Further Trends
SP008 4/02/2018 NACRA 17- Racing – Trapeze Failure NZL Regatta NACRA 17 Trapeze Failure Where Stainless Steel Hoop Attached To Block
SP007 13/10/2017 Yacht – ‘Prodigy 2’ Keel Loss – Hull Structural Failure – Crew Ok Yacht 60ft Polish Marine Accident Investigation (PKBWM) Final Report Issued March 2019
SP006 27/01/2018 NACRA 17-Miami SWC Crew Overboard – ‘Near-Miss’ NACRA 17 Incident Reviewed And Recommendations Made To Class.
SP005 7/12/2017 Yacht – ‘Tyger Of London’ – Keel Loss Comet 45 UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch-Safety Bulletin SB3 Issued August 2018
SP004 20/01/2018 Volvo Ocean Race: ‘Vestas’ Collision – Fishing Boat Crew Member Volvo Ocean 65 Volvo Ocean Race Commissioned Independent Investigation Report Issued 30 October 2018
SP003 19/11/2017 Yacht – Clipper Race – Crew Overboard Fatality Clipper 70 UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch Report Draft Circulated March 2019 – Safety Bulletin (SB1) Issued January 2018
SP002 1/12/2017 NACRA 17 – Trapeze Rope Failure – Rudder Strike NACRA 17 Replacement Trapeze Line Using Poor Quality Rope.
SP001 1/09/2017 29er Worlds Capsize – Trapeze Hook Entrapment 29er Minimum Age Recommendation Implemented For Youth Worlds. Submission 164-18 Approved To Implement Quick Release Harness In RRS 43 From 1 January 2023.