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Yacht Skipper Fined for Crashing into Tanker

October 25th, 2013

(October 25, 2013) – The skipper of a racing yacht has been made to pay over £100,000 in fines and costs after colliding with a 120,000 ton oil tanker in the Solent. Roland Wilson of Perthshire, Scotland was today found guilty on three counts of breaching international maritime law at West Hampshire Magistrates’ Court. On



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