Practical Boat Owner

Yacht lost after prop entanglement

The skipper of a yacht that sank following an RNLI rescue in rough seas, near the Isle of Man, has told PBO that prop entanglement was the cause.

It was the maiden voyage for Scotsman Billy Ferguson’s Kalik 40, which he had just purchased from Liverpool and was taking to Ardrossan.

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