69-year-old died, capsized because the boat was overloaded – NRK

The deceased fisherman Åge Vikedal (69) was found on board when the search crews had raised the sunken fishing boat “Big Tin jr.” Up from about 80 meters outside the Voice on April 20 last year.

When it was passed 14 days ago smack capsized and sank nine kilometers southeast of Rost. The deceased 69-year-old was fishing with his grandson, who owns the boat when the accident occurred on May 6th. 19-year-old sat on the bow of the boat when it went down, and was rescued. Grandfather went into the cabin to retrieve rescue equipment, and unable to get up again.

– Marginal stability

The Accident Investigation Board Norway finished casualty report, which shows that the total load on board day of the accident caused the vessel’s stability basically was marginal.

– the fisherman concluded fishing in the morning and started going with 4-5 knots inward toward Rost. Along with the grandson he had fished fully in the cargo hold, and were also a little deck cargo.

capsized and filled with water

The vessel quickly took on water on the aft deck and the cargo hatch and capsized about at 11:30 to starboard and sank stern down.

– AIBN suppose seawater got into the tire through the lens ports aft due to load condition, hull shape and the wind blew in from port, and that led to the “Big Tin Jr.” its starboard side was exposed to sea / swell / wave action, the report said.

“the little stability backlog they had declined further, so that the vessel listed more over to starboard, which led to water ingress into the hull through the leaky hatch opening that had a low hatch frame. “

Thus disappeared the vessel’s stability and stability reserve, with subsequent capsizing and sinking as a consequence, concludes report.

Was imprisoned

The boat was full of fish when it was raised from 80 meters.

Photo: Sigurd Steinum / NRK

the bow was the only area of ​​the vessel at this time floated above the surface. 19-year-old picked up the bow, while his grandfather was trapped in the cabin when he tried to extract immersion suits.

Granddaughter rock

The grandson were rescued by the rescue vessel “Skomvær III.” Redningsskøyta tried to tow the casualty to shallower water, and a larger fishing boat made an attempt to attach the casualty to hoist it up along the side of the ship to salvage the person who was trapped, but this did not succeed.

AIBN promotes no safety recommendations, but emphasize that this is a very serious marine casualties.

– to ensure safety should a vessel’s stability and operational limitations always calculated on the basis of established stability standards, and not solely based on previous operations which has gone well, concludes AIBN.

the missing fisherman Åge Vikedal (69) was found when the search crews hoisted the wrecked fishing boat Large Tin jr. up from about 80 meters outside Røst.

the missing fisherman Åge Vikedal (69) was found when the search crews hoisted the sunken fishing boat Large Tin jr. up from about 80 meters outside Røst.