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The students from West Island College were taken to the Mocangue naval base in Rio de Janeiro. (Associated Press) A tall ship carrying 64 students and staff was lost in a squall off Brazil because the crew didn't understand the risk of a knockdown, transportation safety officials say.
The Transportation Safety Board released a report Thursday into last year's capsizing of SV Concordia, a Nova Scotia-based floating school.
The ship sank on Feb. 17, 2010, about 550 kilometres southeast of Rio de Janiero. All those on board, including 42 high school and university students from Canada, were rescued. No one was seriously hurt.
The TSB found that the master didn't tell the second officer how to react to changing weather conditions and maintain the stability of the ship.
When the weather worsened, the second officer didn't perceive a threat. The ship began to heel beyond 23 degrees, but at that point it was too late to steer downwind or change sails.
Doors and windows were left open. When enough water flooded inside, the ship capsized.
"Concordia's shore-based management did not provide direction on the need for squall tactics and stability booklet familiarization, which would have provided an additional defence against a knockdown and capsize," the report states.
The board found that there was no evidence of a microburst — a sudden downdraft of air in a small area — as first believed.
The capsizing of the ship was followed by a harrowing 41-hour wait for rescue. The students and staff were adrift in life-rafts until merchant ships plucked them from the Atlantic Ocean.
There were problems with the bailers, foot pumps and flashlights, and a lack of stowage for emergency equipment, the board found.
The board recommends that watchkeepers aboard sail training ships have stability guidance training.
There are currently seven Canadian-flagged sail training vessels. Every year they carry more than 2,500 sail trainees.
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