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Research: Safety lessons: be alert to carbon monoxide accumulating on your boat

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

April 27
09:00 2023

Details

Summary of a double fatality on board the privately owned sports cruiser Emma Louise while moored at Port Hamble Marina, England on 11 January 2022. Exhaust gas built up in the boats covered cockpit area causing the occupants to succumb to the effects of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

This information has been prepared for:

  • recreational craft industry
  • pleasure craft owners and users

An investigation report has also been published.

Published 27 April 2023

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