Around twenty boats moored at Windermere Marina Village had sunk last month due to the floods.
The affected boats were all attached to fixed piers at the site.
Unlike boats tethered to floating buoys, they were unable to rise and fall with the changing water levels.
Some boats were fully submerged while others were sticking out the water.
Below are series of photos of some of the damage caused at Windermere Marina Village.

Tragedy struck at UK maring.

A six-foot wave has wreaked havoc, sinking yachts and causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage at a UK marina.

The main cause for the incident at Maryport marina, Cumbria was reportedly the failure of lock gates.
The gates were recently refurbished at a cost of whooping £300,000. To oversee the rescue operation, Maryport coastguard were called in after boats were thrown against each other and sunk.
At least 10 boats have been damaged, six of them severely. A catamaran ended up on its side and marina …

There is extensive evidence from both laboratory and field studies showingthat acute fatigue is associated with impaired performance and compromisedsafety. Worldwide 51% of marine accidents are caused by only 25% of all the ships and fatigue experienced by seafarers is one of the reasons for these accidents..
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The INS Sindhughosh accident opens our eyes to many possible threats of sailing in the oceans. Today we take account of one sunch unforeseen threat for the sailors and their expensive yachts!

Everyone thinks sailing across oceans is just plain dangerous. After all, it’s nearly three-thousand miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean, and a lot of bad things can happen out there. For eg your yacht can collide with whales, there are black squalls, white squalls, tropical depressions, tropical storms, hurricanes, and icebergs – lots …