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  • Authorities are conducting a battery of tests on the ill-fated Ethan Allen to try and determine why the boat capsized on Lake George.
  • At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
  • Assisting a cargo vessel approach its berth she got into difficulties and capsized.
  • How many men drowned when the boat capsized?
  • Officer Bud Walker said her capsized scull was found about 5: 30 p.m. near Fountainhead Regional Park. Fairfax County woman missing, last seen rowing boat in Occoquan Reservoir
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  • Five more went missing when their boat capsized in the icy waters as they searched for the original group.
  • The trio had been missing for three days after their small rowing boat capsized in rough seas. The Sun
  • Mills designed the boat for a small sprit-rigged sail which tends to spill wind, minimizing capsizes.
  • The lawsuit says that he was thrown about like he was inside a washing machine as the vessel capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • Even when, later still, the general's eager hand, stretching forth for the dusky flagon (it was sacrilege to sweep away those insignia of age and respectability), managed to capsize the candelabrum and sent the fluid "adamantine" spattering a treasured table-cloth (how quick the dash of the young trooper's hand upon the flame -- and its extinction!), a gentle smile was the sole rebuke, followed by a "Thank you, Mr. Harris. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War
  • The trio had been missing for three days after their small rowing boat capsized in rough seas. The Sun
  • The lawsuit says that he was thrown about like he was inside a washing machine as the vessel capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • The crew seemed unable to right the capsized yacht.
  • An eight-metre yacht is due to arrive here today after it was dismasted and almost capsized in gale-force winds along the Wild Coast late on Tuesday night.
  • And when - inevitably - you do capsize, you soon learn how to not make the same mistakes again.
  • He miscalculated the tides and the whirlpool dragged the outboard engine off his boat and capsized it.
  • It shows the ship lying forlornly on her starboard side, almost completely capsized.
  • Some have died when their boats capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • If a ketch had larger sails than an equivalent sloop, it would heel more (making sailing less efficient) and be more likely to capsize.
  • The capsized boat righted again
  • One of the nearby recipient countries, Malaysia, had actually begun towing refugee boats back to sea, where they often sank or capsized. The Good Fight
  • Shares of cruise-line operators Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. slid Tuesday as news of a capsized cruise ship off the Italian coast raised concerns about how bookings and pricing would be affected during the peak sales season. Cruise-Line Operators Shares Drop
  • They were closing in on fourth place at Katkop weir, when a capsize while fitting their splash covers cost them five minutes and 10 places.
  • We were careened at a dangerous angle when I awoke and in my reduced condition it was not difficult to imagine that a capsize was to be the result. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians
  • Another ferry capsize occurred in the Philippines, killing 38.
  • the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
  • More than 200 asylum seekers were missing after their ship capsized on its way to Australia from Indonesia. What's News
  • Doris capsized the canoe yesterday.
  • Officials say the migrants ended up in the water after their boat capsized.
  • Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
  • They lost their rations and GPS tracker when their boats capsized. The Sun
  • Her own boat capsized after she attempted a rescue.
  • I haven't seen them since that memorable evening when the boat capsized.
  • It was, in fact, the windiest day of the summer and small boats capsized in rough seas. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was a real miracle that the little boat capsized in the storm, but luckily didn't sink.
  • Nothing sets up a capsize like a hunter, jacket pockets full of shotgun shells, leaning over the edge of a low-freeboard duck boat laying out decoys with his dog eagerly leaning next to him.
  • Some have died when their boats capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • If we had capsized we would have had to survive the impact of a car smash, get out, and then get to the boat.
  • Italian rescuers said dozens more migrants were missing after another boat capsized yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • Water cascaded onto the car deck and the ferry capsized and sank in minutes, coming to rest on its starboard side in just under 30m of water.
  • The wave simulator can recreate swells of up to two metres - and in these stormy conditions, trainees will learn to cope with a chilly and potentially terrifying capsize.
  • One of the three fishing partners narrowly escaped by swimming to a jetty after waves capsized the small boat.
  • First, the boats were designed to right themselves if they capsized, but only if correctly ballasted. Rowing the ATLANTIC
  • Five rescued as cabin cruiser capsizes.
  • He expressed his fear that the Guam might "capsize" as a result of the United States military's presence on the island. 11Alive.com | Atlanta Video News
  • Read in studio Five people have been saved from drowning after their cabin cruiser capsized.
  • The capsized liner was dragged upright in a daring operation last September. The Sun
  • The ship was leaning over towards them and they knew that if it capsized their raft would be crushed. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
  • I haven't seen them since that memorable evening when the boat capsized.
  • Their boat had capsized in midstream.
  • Her own boat capsized after she attempted a rescue.
  • Three teens along with their rescuers were saved after their boats capsized in the St. Mary's River.
  • He miscalculated the tides and the whirlpool dragged the outboard engine off his boat and capsized it.
  • He hit the headlines in 1998 when his racing yacht capsized in the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, after he had been at sea for two months competing in a round-the-world race.
  • The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore.
  • The insurance plugs the holes that threaten to capsize the deal and, typically, is underwritten over a long policy duration, up to 10 years or more.
  • I was thrown off balance and the whole boat capsized.
  • They righted the sailboat that had capsized
  • Given the way my day had gone, I half expected something terrible to happen - another capsize or a broken oarlock.
  • In the small town of Manhuacu, a rescue worker drowned when his boat capsized.
  • An earlier boat capsized and he had swum for his life. Times, Sunday Times
  • I also did canoeing, and recall being only slightly scared by my initial capsize down a Garavogue weir.
  • In corporate news, cruise-line operator Carnival 's stock was one of the worst performers in the S&P 500, slumping 4.68, or 14%, to 29.60, after one of the company's cruise ships capsized off the coast of Italy over the weekend. Stocks Post Broad Gains; Financials Fall
  • In a record time of 43 seconds, they cut off a piece of the log, not minding that the sawing trestle almost capsized.
  • The fragile canoe did not capsize!
  • Hank Johnson a marine build-up could "capsize" the island of Guam. WN.com - Articles related to Finance needed for Asia chronic illness cost:experts
  • Two overcrowded boats packed with migrants heading for Italy had capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • They lost their rations and GPS tracker when their boats capsized. The Sun
  • The ship was leaning over towards them and they knew that if it capsized their raft would be crushed. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
  • TWO rowers whose boat capsized in the Atlantic have been reunited with it four months on. The Sun
  • I haven't seen them since that memorable evening when the boat capsized.
  • Nothing sets up a capsize like a hunter, jacket pockets full of shotgun shells, leaning over the edge of a low-freeboard duck boat laying out decoys with his dog eagerly leaning next to him.
  • At between 10.30 and 10.50 the same day the vessel capsized and sank in the shallow water 150 metres off shore.
  • The boat, believed to have been ferrying illegal migrants, capsized, pitching more than 100 people into the sea.
  • I haven't seen them since that memorable evening when the boat capsized.
  • Marge, the gal who capsized and bumped over the rocks at Chase Rapids, showed us her bottom bruises.
  • A MAN and a schoolgirl were flown to hospital yesterday after their kayak capsized in the sea. The Sun
  • The boat capsized, tossing the three crew into the water as darkness fell.
  • The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore.
  • A fishing boat capsized near Taiwan's northern harbour of Keelung and three fishermen from the Chinese mainland were washed away.
  • The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.
  • Their boat capsized in high winds with 300 people aboard. Times, Sunday Times
  • A wrong move by the sailor, an over correction on helm or sheet, a sudden drop or shift in the wind will cause an immediate and irretrievable capsize.
  • The biggest loss was felt in Venice itself, where 21 people, mostly foreign tourists, were drown aboard the motoscafo Altino, which was seized into the air and then capsized in the waters directly off of the Riva degli Schiavoni. A Tornado in Venice
  • There -- easy now -- _easy_" as she threatened to capsize this curious basin. The Littlest Rebel
  • A less common form is known as the pinnacled berg, and in almost every case this is a tabular berg which has been weathered or has capsized. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913
  • The trainees got to sail the boats with time spent as crew, helm, flying the spinnaker, and some ‘lucky’ few even got to see a capsize up close.
  • Italian rescuers said dozens more migrants were missing after another boat capsized yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • At least two people died and eight are still missing after an illegally run ferry capsized and sank on Monday on the Yellow River near Ji'nan.
  • A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized.
  • For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
  • After losing their first race Bristol 1 benefited from a capsize by a London boat in the second race and went on to convincingly win the third to make it into the final.
  • They were on board a ship that capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they tried to get to Italy. Times, Sunday Times
  • At 4: 30AM the Elsie I rolled over and capsized, taking the life of the bargemaster, Joseph Showalter.
  • The ship was leaning over towards them and they knew that if it capsized their raft would be crushed. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
  • And, if the metacenter should fall below the ship's center of gravity, it'll capsize.
  • Many an hour was spent tacking, jibing and splicing the main brace with the occasional capsize as well.
  • A few capsizes, due to inexperience or gear failure in the strong winds, added to the excitement.
  • But 170 miles off the coast of Ireland it almost capsized in poor weather. Times, Sunday Times
  • The worst moment was when they capsized in enormous seas. Times, Sunday Times
  • James Henson, a Marietta, Ga. dentist, had his boat capsize in frigid water. Would You Risk Almost-Certain Death for Your Dog?
  • A MAN and a schoolgirl were flown to hospital yesterday after their kayak capsized in the sea. The Sun
  • The water depth across much of the dinghy course is not much over two metres and the Morton Bay mud is dark brown, if you add 1-1. 5 metres of sharp little seas and a capsize ... behold a 'choc-top' as the boats are righted, that is Morton Bay mud on the mast tip. Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • The survivor confirmed accounts that the boat capsized when passengers moved to one side on seeing the first rescue vessel. Times, Sunday Times
  • Many an hour was spent tacking, jibing and splicing the main brace with the occasional capsize as well.
  • If the metacenter is below the center of gravity, the boat is unstable and capsizes.
  • The term "capsize" only means that the ship has turned over from its normal upright position. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • Read in studio Five people have been saved from drowning after their cabin cruiser capsized.
  • The boat capsized once but righted itself in minutes.
  • Furious waves swept the deck; the little boat listed badly, about to capsize.
  • The Baltimore RNLI lifeboat takes part in the rescue of the 100ft US yacht Rambler 100 which capsized off the Irish coast in the Fastnet race with 21 onboard. Fastnet race yacht capsizes off Ireland
  • He was shooting the rapids when his canoe capsized.
  • The fish dived as one for the ocean floor and capsized the boat.
  • While attempting rescue a small boat manned by local men capsized and four men were lost.
  • While returning home to their farm, a fierce rain and wind storm catches them on the water and the boat capsizes, threatening to drown them both.
  • The main reason the ship capsized was that it was top-heavy.
  • When they tried to get to shore on another boat it capsized. The Sun
  • The team completed 84 laps of the marine lake at Southport all members ‘enjoying’ at least one capsize in the strong winds.
  • They play passengers trying to survive inside a capsized luxury liner. The Sun
  • A two-year-old boy, of Rangarti village in Hailakandi district, reportedly got drowned and one more person died in Karimganj district in a boat capsize in flood waters.
  • SIX men trying to row across the Atlantic were rescued yesterday after their tiny boat capsized in heavy seas. The Sun
  • Both realized a capsized vessel is difficult to find, but wore their vests and stayed with their boat.
  • That attempt ended 85 days, two hurricanes and 15 capsizes later with her rescue by a freighter just 950 miles from her goal, Brest, France.
  • the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it
  • Shortly after leaving port, the boat capsized in seconds and began filling rapidly with water.
  • How many drowned when the boat capsized?
  • Two men cheated death when they were rescued from freezing floodwaters after their dinghy capsized near Selby.
  • Other craft are keelless -- they are canoes; bobbing, unsteady, likely to capsize in sudden emergency; prone to drift into muddy waters; liable to be swept anywhither by any current. Once Aboard the Lugger
  • The church is at the corner of Remsen and Henry streets, and the impressive bronze doors in the phoyo were salvaged from the French liner Normandie, after it caught fire and capsized at a Hudson River pier in the West 40s while being converted into a troopship. Welcome to Brooklyn
  • Over 200 asylum seekers were missing as their ship capsized on its way to Australia from Indonesia. What's News: World-Wide
  • A U.S. helicopter went down in Mosul with its two crewmen while searching for a missing GI after a patrol boat capsized in the Tigris.
  • But 170 miles off the coast of Ireland it almost capsized in poor weather. Times, Sunday Times
  • The vessel capsized after half an hour. Times, Sunday Times
  • The vessel capsized after half an hour. Times, Sunday Times
  • One end was cracked and dented from the capsize of the wagon in Rock Canyon. CHAPTER I
  • SIX men trying to row across the Atlantic were rescued yesterday after their tiny boat capsized in heavy seas. The Sun
  • They lost their rations and GPS tracker when their boats capsized. The Sun
  • The worst moment was when they capsized in enormous seas. Times, Sunday Times
  • Eight youngsters aged 17 and 18, an instructor and two teachers were lost at sea for hours when their vessels capsized.
  • Too much of this ballast, and the ship will wallow in the river, endangering the crew and more importantly the cargo if the ship were to capsize.
  • I sallied forth to see the cause of the uproar, and found our host engaged in single combat with a drawn sword -- stick that sparkled blue and bright in the moonbeam, his antagonist being a strong porker that he had taken for a town guard, and had hemmed into a corner formed by the stair and the garden wall, which, on being pressed, made a dash between his spindleshanks, and fairly capsized him into my arms. Tom Cringle's Log
  • They were on board a ship that capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they tried to get to Italy. Times, Sunday Times
  • The three races held on Day One were sailed in a strengthening southerly, with a big sea causing many capsizes and a lot of aching bones.
  • The sea got very rough and the boat capsized.
  • Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
  • The giant fund-raising event took place on Saturday but the choppy waters caused some competitors to capsize.
  • Intense winds can capsize even large pleasure boats.
  • The crew seemed unable to right the capsized yacht.
  • To recreate the scene, imagine the aftermath of the battle of Maldon restaged on the nursery ground's sodden and sticky turf: entire divisions of genial, man-shorted, smartphone-braying figures roiling giddily from bench to grass, many already on their knees, others entirely capsized. Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay
  • Shew's capsized scull was found near Fountainhead Regional Park, police said. Search continues for missing boater
  • A family's outing ended in tragedy when their boat capsized.
  • Scientists believe it ran aground on the estuary's treacherous sandbanks and capsized with 50 or 60 hands on deck.
  • There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  • The survivor confirmed accounts that the boat capsized when passengers moved to one side on seeing the first rescue vessel. Times, Sunday Times
  • A huge wave capsized the yacht.
  • A huge wave capsized the yacht.
  • It became an unforgettable encounter when our raft capsized, and I was swept along powerless in its icy unbridled current.
  • They were on board a ship that capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they tried to get to Italy. Times, Sunday Times
  • They play passengers trying to survive inside a capsized luxury liner. The Sun
  • Father Reilly’s after reading it in gallous Latin, and “It’s come in the nick of time, ” says he; “so I’ll wed them in a hurry, dreading that young gaffer who’d capsize the stars. Act Three
  • Hopes of finding them alive were dashed on Friday when the capsized vessel was found with its life raft on board. Times, Sunday Times
  • In full view of the finish I had a very well publicised capsize.
  • A Salford sailor is lucky to be alive after his boat capsized after drifting down the River Ribble and out to sea.
  • Police claim the boat capsized because it was grossly overloaded.
  • The trio had been missing for three days after their small rowing boat capsized in rough seas. The Sun
  • One man died and another was ill in hospital after their dinghy capsized off Orkney. Times, Sunday Times
  • They play passengers trying to survive inside a capsized luxury liner. The Sun
  • And, of course, if the capsize happened in the wide ocean, then the crew was in real trouble.
  • The vessel capsized after half an hour. Times, Sunday Times
  • On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was one survivor - Hugh Williams.
  • MANGALORE: With the 48-hour warning from the meteorological department ending on Wednesday, fishermen are likely to venture into the sea on Thursday, if the skies present a clear News Service A purse seine boat which went for fishing from Mangalore port accidentally caught fire in the mid sea owing to short circuit and capsized at WN.com - Articles related to ‘Heli tourism to be promoted’
  • The survivor confirmed accounts that the boat capsized when passengers moved to one side on seeing the first rescue vessel. Times, Sunday Times
  • The U.S. Embassy is reporting 120 Americans were on the ship," daughter Sarah Kim Heil wrote on Facebook referring to the capsized cruise ship ABC News: Top Stories
  • The vessel was thought to be carrying heavy equipment, including bulldozers, cement and other construction materials, as well as 40 tons of diesel oil, when it capsized.
  • SIX men trying to row across the Atlantic were rescued yesterday after their tiny boat capsized in heavy seas. The Sun
  • There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
  • Several of the search and rescue boats had capsized.
  • For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
  • An earlier boat capsized and he had swum for his life. Times, Sunday Times
  • A breeze that picked up during the morning was responsible for several capsizes but did help to produce some exciting racing.
  • Hopes of finding them alive were dashed on Friday when the capsized vessel was found with its life raft on board. Times, Sunday Times
  • Two overcrowded boats packed with migrants heading for Italy had capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • She knows the exact moment the boat capsized: ten past three in the afternoon.
  • The lawsuit says that he was thrown about like he was inside a washing machine as the vessel capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • Capsized feel very different from your standard 2D platformer, which is kind of the point. Ars Technica
  • And, of course, if the capsize happened in the wide ocean, then the crew was in real trouble.
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  • For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some have died when their boats capsized. Times, Sunday Times
  • I can't becalm her with the weather brewing up as it is, and I certainly can't capsize the boat with a windblast. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
  • He saved twelve lives when a pleasure boat capsized in heavy surf at Corona del Mar in California in June 1925.
  • Learn how to empty a capsized boat while in the water in this free video on boat base river rescue and safety.
  • They play passengers trying to survive inside a capsized luxury liner. The Sun
  • After the fifth capsize, I climbed out on deck, fully intended to set off my distress beacon to ask for help.
  • Just beyond the mouth of the harbour, the overloaded boat capsized and sank. Times, Sunday Times
  • It shows the ship lying forlornly on her starboard side, almost completely capsized.
  • This way you can accelerate into the reach without the fear of a capsize fall.
  • The men had been in a 23 foot powered canoe with four others transiting from Lale to Ghizo when their vessel was swamped, capsized and sunk.
  • The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has now published its findings into the capsize of the fishing vessel east of Harwich on July 7 last year.
  • Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, his bizarre question about the island of Guam possibly tipping over-he used the word "capsize" - if additional troops were stationed there became a It's no April Fools 'Day joke: the 55-year-old congressman and member of the House Democratic leadership told a naval officer who was testifying on March 25 that: "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize. Newsnet 14

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