Deceased
Adam Mark Nicolai and Justin Shane Hellyer
Demographics
28y, male
Date of death
2008-09-28
Finding date
2013-09-19
Cause of death
Salt water drowning (Nicolai); exposure to the sea – probable drowning (Hellyer)
AI-generated summary
Two men aged 28 drowned after their fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of St Vincent on 28 September 2008 when struck by two large waves. The vessel was inherently unsafe due to an unbalanced centre of gravity from an added heavy net reel and had not been re-surveyed or re-registered after material modifications including a new engine. No personal flotation devices (PFDs) were worn, and the vessel operator made only a late attempt to hand devices to the men as the vessel sank. The vessel's registration had expired and was not renewed. Key preventive measures included requiring notification of material vessel modifications to authorities, mandatory re-inspection, and mandatory wearing of automatically-inflating PFDs for all occupants during commercial fishing operations.
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