RS Venture Connect sail number 307 report published

Published By GOV.UK [English], Wed, Dec 16, 2020 6:00 PM


Our report on the investigation of the capsize and full inversion of the self-righting keelboat RS Venture Connect sail number 307 resulting in the death of a disabled sailor on Windermere, Cumbria on 12 June 2019, is now published.

The report contains details of what happened, the subsequent actions taken and recommendations made: read more.

A safety bulletin, published in 2019, containing a warning about the securing of retractable keels or retractable weighted centreboards was also produced for this report.

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