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Alinghi And Red Bull Upset

When the collision between Alinghi and Red Bull team occurred, Alinghi’s GC32 was towed back to the dock where their shore crew began work repairing it, but they face a race against time to get it ready for the Act 6 finale tomorrow.


Alinghi was awarded redress for the incident, which sees them retain the overall lead ahead of Oman Air, Red Bull Sailing Team and SAP Extreme Sailing Team. The Red Bull Sailing team was judged by the umpires to have been at fault for the incident. They have been given a penalty of fifteen seconds before they start their fourth race. However, even then they managed to retain third place between Oman Air and SAP Extreme sailing team.

On the other hand Morgan Larson of Oman Air and the SAP Extreme Sailing team made the most of the misfortune that Alinghi suffered. Each team got two wins as a result. Continue reading →

Seaman on dredger sentenced following Felixstowe yacht collision

A primary mate on a five-thousand-ton dredger has been handed a suspended sentence after his boat hit a boat on which a woman drowned. Fifty-seven year old Bernadine Ingram was encountered in the water a day after the event near Felixstowe in Suffolk earlier in June.

At the Ipswich Crown Court in Gerardus Chapel, from Netherlands, accepted failing to drop off all his responsibilities in a proper as officer of the watch. The thirty-seven year old was sentenced to 6 months jail and he was suspended for 18 months.

Chapel was on the Shoreway went it clashed with the yacht, named Orca, about 5 miles (i.e.8 kilometers) off the coast. In fact, he was also fines £ 6000 and ordered to pay costs of £ 4800. Butley’s Mrs Ingram was on board the Orca with a man as well as 2 dogs.

The boat sank and when the man and a dog were rescued by the yacht crew of the dredger, she was not alive. According to reports, Peter Ingram told that nothing could bring back his wife Bernie. She is sorely missed by him as well as several other people. Continue reading →