Maritime emergency records · by type
Capsize at sea.
Documented capsize incidents from the Logbook — 2 records, each with sources, lessons, and the SeaWise procedures that address it.
← Search & filter the full LogbookCheeki RafikiSailing yacht/2014/40 ft/Structural · MOB
The 40 ft Beneteau First Cheeki Rafiki lost its keel and capsized 720 nm SE of Nova Scotia during a delivery passage; four British crew lost.
GiGo2Sailing yacht/2007/54 ft/Keel failure · Capsize
Italian-built 54 ft carbon racer; keel fastenings gave way en route Maldives → Red Sea, the yacht inverted in under 30 seconds — the couple drifted nine days in a leaking liferaft before a Belgian tug spotted them.