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I saw a FB post last night about an accident involving a larger boat and a dingy carrying 8 passengers in the Saba Rock mooring field. Initial reports said injuries, but no deaths. Unfortunately, BVINEWS is reporting this morning that there was a death.
https://bvinews.com/

Scary indeed..according to one comment it was a smaller dinghy without lights hit by a larger superyacht tender in the morring field....as said that's just one comment..Be careful out there folks..

It happened before at the same location and a couple of teenagers were killed. You should be at idle in a mooring field.

The incident @GeorgeC1 is referring to was a collision with terrain, not with another vessel. This is a terrible and preventable problem that causes fatalities in anchorages every year! An all-around white light is required for dinghies at night and just one person with a flashlight that shines all around (and behind) can prevent a collision with an immovable object such as a mooring ball, anchor chain or boat; and prevent a collision by a fast-moving object as well. I hope that the bvi news report on the actual circumstances soon.

The incident I was referring to was when the Virgin Flyer from necker blew through the gap between the Moorings and Saba. The ran over a dinghy killing two teenagers.

I remember, that was in 2020. Last year was the tender running aground.

The person killed was Stephen Cross. He was our captain when we sailed in 2019. This is very sad news for us. He and his fiancé, Caitie gave us the greatest vacation we have ever had. My heart is broken.