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’Ouzo’ Solent Accident

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Topic: ’Ouzo’ Solent Accident

Posted By: lozza
Subject: ’Ouzo’ Solent Accident
Date Posted: 30 Aug 06 at 12:45pm

What to we think happen to the 'ouzo' yacht in the solent?

Was it hit by a ferry or a tanker?

Our thoughts should be with the families of the three men.

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Life's a reach, then you gybe

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Posted By: Stefan Lloyd
Date Posted: 30 Aug 06 at 1:30pm

Indeed. However all three bodies were recovered from south of the IoW, which is not the Solent.

Posted By: headfry
Date Posted: 30 Aug 06 at 2:55pm

My thoughts are with their Families and Friends too

It seems odd, Has the boat or parts of the boat been found?
Were they reported missing? Is there a report anywhere, other than the scant details braodcast on the news?

Posted By: ianwat2212
Date Posted: 30 Aug 06 at 5:41pm

The latest theory seems to be that the boat was hit by the P&O ferry "Pride of Bilbao". If it was I can understand why they weren't able to get a distress signal away, but it still seems a bit odd that they havn't found any trace of the boat, despite having a minesweeper out there doing a sonar search.

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