List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing

Sailboat racing is risky, but less dangerous than it was in the past. Sailboat racing was started as a thrill sport, to push the limits of the boats and operator's limits. Modern safety and communication equipment has improved safety, but the ocean is unpredictable and the goal is still to test the abilities of the boat and crew, which carries risk.

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Accidents during Crewed Round the Worlds Races and Record Attempts

Race Name	Date	Name	Place	Boat	Description
Whitbread / Volvo Ocean Race	000000001973-01-01-00001973	Paul Waterhouse, Dominique Guillet and Bernie Hosking
Volvo Ocean Race	000000002006-05-18-000018 May 2006	Hans Horrevoets (NED)	Off Land End	ABN Amero Volvo 70	Washed overboard and recovered
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race	000000002015-09-05-00005 Sep 2015	Andrew Ashman (GBR)^[1]		IchorCoal / Clipper 70	Head Injury Boom/Mainsheet
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race	000000002016-04-01-00001 April 2016	Sarah Young (GBR)^[2]		IchorCoal / Clipper 70	Swept overboard

Accidents during Solo Round the Worlds Races and Record Attempts

Race Name	Date	Name	Place	Boat	Description
Vendée Globe	000000001992-01-01-00001992	Nigel Burgess (GBR)
Vendée Globe	000000001997-01-01-00001997	Gerry Roufs (CAN)

Accidents during Singlehanded Racing

Race Name	Date	Name	Place	Boat	Description
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Accidents during Offshore Racing

Race Name	Host Club	Date	Name	Boat	Description
1979 Fastnet race	Royal Ocean Racing Club		15 Sailors
1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race	Cruising Yacht Club of Australia	000000001998-12-27-000027 December 1998	Phillip Charles Skeggs Bruce Raymond Guy	Business Post Naiad	drowned heart attack
		000000001998-12-28-000028 December 1998	John Dean, James Lawler and Michael Bannister	Winston Churchill	all drowned
		000000001998-12-28-000028 December 1998	Glyn Charles (GBR)	Sword of Orion
Doublehanded Farallones Race		000000001999-03-27-000027 March 1999	Harvey Shlasky (USA), 51, of Berkeley, California	White Lightning, J/29	,^[3]^[4]
Doublehanded Lightship Race	Island Yacht Club of Alameda	000000002008-03-16-000016 March 2008	Matthew Gale (USA), 68, Mill Valley, California Anthony Harrow (USA), 72, Larkspur, California	Daisy, Cheoy Lee Offshore 31	^[5]
Cowes-Cherbourg Race	Royal Ocean Racing Club	000000002011-06-01-0000June 2011	Chris Reddish (GBR), 46	Lion, Reflex 38	^[6]
Farallones Race	San Francisco Yacht Club	000000002012-04-14-000014 April 2012	Alexis Busch (USA) of Larkspur Jordan Fromm (USA) of Kentfield Alan Cahill (USA) of Tiburon Elmer Morrissey (IRL) Marc Kasanin (USA)	Low Speed Chase, Sydney 38	,^[7]^[8]
Calif. to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race.		000000002012-04-28-000028 April 2012	Kevin Eric Rudolph (USA), 53, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., William Reed Johnson Jr. (USA), 57, of Torrance, Calif., Joseph Lester Stewart (USA), 64, Bradenton, Fla.	Aegean, Hunter 376	,^[9]^[10]
Islands Race	Newport Harbor and San Diego Yacht Club	000000002013-03-09-00009 March 2013	Craig Thomas Williams (USA), 36, California	Uncontrollable Urge, Columbia 32 Carbon	,^[11]^[12]

Accidents Yacht Racing

Race Name	Host Club	Date	Name	Place	Boat	Description
Big Boat Series	St. Francis Yacht Club	000000001994-09-18-000018 September 1994	Larry Klein (USA), 42, San Diego	San Francisco	Twin Flyer, 38 foot sloop	^[13]
America's Cup Testing	Golden Gate Yacht Club	000000002013-05-09-00009 May 2013	Andrew Simpson (GBR)	San Francisco	Artemis Racing, AC72, Boat 1	Entrapped after the boat broke apart and capsized.

Accidents Dinghy Sailing

Race Name	Date	Name	Place	Boat	Description

References

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↑ Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press (9 March 2013). "1 dead, 5 rescued in Calif. sailboat race accident". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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↑ "Routine Race Ends Tragically : Sailing: Perch collapses and ends life of Larry Klein, one of America's brightest hopes, during event in the Bay Area.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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