Faulty boat kill-cord led to man losing his arm

A Cork man lost his arm after he fell from his boat and, because its kill-cord was not working, it circled back and hit him.

According to a report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board, Owen Corkery from Carrigaline, also sustained serious injuries to his head and back after being hit several times by his rib on Jun 9 last year.

He had taken to the water at about 9pm from Crosshaven and was enroute to Ringaskiddy. Ten minutes later, as he was travelling through an inner channel between the mainland and Spike Island, he fell from the boat but the engine did not cut out. The 8m rib went into a circling pattern and hit him several times.