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Swamping Safety Database

Details of incident 74

Date	June 2001
Location	Lowerrhine (Nederrijn), The Netherlands, Km 903
Water Temperature	+/- 18 degr.C
Boat(s) involved	Two C4+ touring boats
Boat Construction	Wood and open, no extra buoyancy measures taken or obligated for this race
Outcome	Rescue boat present at the race location. Both crews rescued at once.
Description	Two boats sinking in the same race due to waves cause by barge Boat type C4+ (Touring Boat) Water conditions: River Lower Rhine (Nederrijn), km 903. No wind, sunny, 20 degr.C., water temperature 18 degr.C. Reason of sinking: In both cases no anticipation of coxes on waves caused by barge. Waves filled up the boat. Boats sunk immediately. Reason of lacking of anticipation of coxes: Unfamiliarity of the possible combination of conditions of river stream and waves (no local coxes). All pictures of the race and the weather conditions Detailed pictures of the sinking One Two Detailed picture of the rescue: Detailed picture of the sunken boat you can see that without a crew the boats are already nearly under water.