Castletownbere boat sank over a litany of failures

THE Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has found a litany of failures during its probe into the capsizing of a fishing vessel which sailed from Castletownbere.

The MFV Discovery left the west Cork port in the early hours of January 27, 2007 with seven people onboard.

After a number of hours fishing it had a sizeable catch onboard. The crew began to pull in the catch in four “bags” and the vessel immediately started to list. By the time the third bag was landed the list was “significant”.