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Swamping Safety Database

Details of incident 31

Date	Oct 2002
Location	Brown Uni, during race, Connecticut, USA
Water Temperature	“Hypothermic”
Boat(s) involved	8+
Boat Construction	Open
Outcome	9 crew rescued by the coastguard.
Description	Swamped by a large wash from sport-fishing boat, sank bow first & kept sinking.