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Presland and Alex Cittadini who both worked for Applied Alloy Yachts, who built Excalibur. Adrian Presland, the welder in charge of the keel of Excalibur, was acquitted. Alex Cittadini, a director of Applied Alloy Yachts, was convicted on four counts of manslaughter in April 2009. On 10 July 2009 he was sentenced to 3 years jail with a non parole period of 18 months. The convictions were overturned by the
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Forensic examination of the keel after recovery of
Excalibur found that the keel had been cut and re-welded. The welding was defective and eventually failed causing the keel to detach from the boat, which resulted in the boat capsizing within 30 seconds. Manslaughter charges were brought against
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Christopher Heyes, Tracy Luke, Peter McLeod, Ann-Maree Pope and John Rogers. All but McDermott and Rogers died, with the body of Christopher Heyes being found on board the upturned
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658:Wollongbar
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563:Catterthun
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448:Friendship
440:Enterprize
196:References
165:Jervis Bay
24:Yacht club
1713:Swordsman
1687:USS
1617:Kara Kara
1593:Encounter
1570:Curl Curl
1548:Bellubera
1525:Balgowlah
1517:Australia
1470:Olive Cam
1442:Dureenbee
1352:Shockwave
1293:Illawarra
1179:Iserbrook
1065:Queen Bee
1038:Charlotte
952:Allenwood
909:Wendouree
807:Excalibur
800:Estramina
549:(wr.1933)
426:Adventure
129:Excalibur
121:Excalibur
108:, at the
102:Melbourne
97:Excalibur
66:Bayswater
53:Australia
19:Excalibur
1745:Vigilant
1737:Vendetta
1705:Stalwart
1681:Mercedes
1601:Geranium
1555:Brighton
1539:SS
1531:SS
1523:SS
1501:Adelaide
1331:Comboyne
1322:SS
1309:Adolphus
1259:Adelphoi
1210:Kuttabul
1200:SS
1165:Hereward
1143:Goolgwai
1121:Colonist
1080:Tuncurry
1049:SS
1031:Argument
1017:Adelaide
997:Paterson
987:MV
958:SS
937:Adelaide
900:MV
894:Recovery
885:SS
872:Maianbar
855:SS
828:Gertrude
765:Colonist
763:SS
755:SS
737:Alhambra
708:Adelaide
656:SS
650:Wanganui
584:SS
578:Fairwind
576:MV
561:SS
469:SS
446:SS
308:28 April
184:Tributes
159:Recovery
106:Victoria
73:Owner(s)
1729:Torrens
1721:Tingira
1697:Pioneer
1689:Osborne
1633:Kuramia
1577:Dee Why
1415:Voyager
1400:Koraaga
1372:Advance
1274:Advance
1266:Advance
1239:Woomera
1194:Karangi
1094:Windsor
944:Advance
887:Oakland
879:Norfolk
842:Grecian
821:Francis
772:Contest
757:Cawarra
722:Advance
715:Adolphe
678:Ability
593:Fitzroy
547:Advance
512:Acielle
505:Absalom
498:Ability
276:The Age
214:The Age
137:skipper
116:Capsize
60:Builder
1665:Mallow
1625:Kianga
1585:Doomba
1541:Barcoo
1533:Bantam
1449:George
1422:Wandra
1379:Aeolus
1282:Koonya
1276:(1874)
1268:(1872)
1217:Martha
1158:Herald
1128:Dunbar
1058:Narara
989:Nimbin
967:Hazard
857:Lindus
779:Dundee
724:(1884)
695:(1877)
693:Active
687:(1850)
685:Active
669:Hunter
622:Kalang
586:Fingal
540:Adonis
347:"Home"
135:. The
86:Length
50:
40:Nation
32:
1753:Yarra
1673:Medea
1663:HMAS
1649:Lewes
1563:Colac
1509:Anzac
1407:Nancy
1386:Agnes
1324:Bombo
1316:Agnes
1302:Adele
1237:HMAS
1208:HMAS
1192:HMAS
1186:Itata
1141:HMAS
1114:Agnes
1087:Whale
1051:Myola
1024:Aenid
995:HMAS
974:Henri
917:WST-1
902:Sygna
730:Agnes
643:Trial
636:Titan
570:Edwin
491:Abbey
463:Waree
461:HMAS
433:Agnes
149:Curia
1647:HMS
1609:Huon
1393:Hive
1202:Kate
1073:Swan
915:USS
870:TSS
849:Hope
814:Fido
607:Jane
519:Acme
358:2020
334:2020
310:2009
284:2020
251:2020
222:2020
142:hull
125:keel
1156:PS
744:Bee
701:Ada
1777::
615:K9
349:.
274:.
259:^
242:.
230:^
212:.
167:.
155:.
127:.
104:,
391:e
384:t
377:v
360:.
312:.
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