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Thinking of the family who will be going through some of the worst moments of their lives right now, waiting. Searches in water are notoriously tough. Predictions and calculations as to search areas and water movements, even in estuaries, are never an exact science. I get very cynical when I...

@Tortoise - I love a good timeline, and this is brilliant! Thank you!

The case quoted above in my reply actually laid out duty of care in the context of a captain/cox who took some friends out fishing (from vague memory). Interesting also that they had been drinking (allegedly) , from what I recall. The Maritime Labour Convention, from what I know, lays out...

Far from amateurish, @Mandalas; I think these are really good questions. So by way of background, to qualify in my SAR Nav role I've had to undertake a few qualifications which include touching on the maritime legal framework. Separate to this, my past background was in UK general law. So I...

Firstly re whether it's legal or not, I think the key word here is 'operating'. Plus again bear in mind any test request would be with cause - e.g. if you have a boating accident or are openly drunk and come to CG attention. Re penalties, depending upon prior violations, I believe they start at...

Theoretically, they would have the LE power to request him to submit to one - but technically they would usually only do this if they had reason to believe that he was under influence. I can't see that they would have had reason to believe this if he was within his full faculties at the time of...

VI has laws regarding boating under influence (yes, BUI is a thing! ). Their rules state that if you're operating a boat in VI territory, then CG or other LE will require you to consent to with-cause testing. Automatic BUI limit is 0.08% blood alcohol concentration; though it can be 0.05-0.08%...

Like a lot of posters here, I'm really struggling to understand RB's immediate actions on awakening to an anchor alarm and finding Sarm missing. To put this situation in context, RB is a charter captain. That means that he has to hold US Coastguard recognised qualifications to charter in VI...

RBBM - exactly what I can't understand.

That and any sort of water search...horrible to think of, but unfortunately yep. That's my area. I've been following this case with the same sense of shock and anger as many of the posters here. I just really hope Sarah's family get some sort of justice, although I'm acutely aware that no...

*Raises Hand* I'm still here and following this thread, lol! I tend not to post much unless I can add or am asked something within my own area of expertise. But what a sad case this is.

Please let these developments result in some proper answers for the family.

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I am a volunteer boat crew with the RNLI. I've been following this case for quite a while, and it has been lovely to log in today and read the comments re donations etc. But I will say this - neither I nor any of the crew I work with, nor any of the various crews I've met and trained with, do...

Thank you again for the updates, @jimjam! My humble opinion on the Defence summing: 1. I'm not so sure that the Defence threw PR under a bus in terms of their reference to the rape charge. I think that there were very limited defence options available, given that PR had already admitted during...

IME, estimated trial lengths often have a lot to do with the number of witnesses each side plan to call. Could be that there won't be too many on the list...

Thank you for the amazing commentary updates, @jimjam! But...goodness, the number of times it was stated that poor Libby wanted her mother that night made my heart break from the perspective of her own mother listening. That poor family.

This makes me feel a bit sick and very sad.

You're a brave man, Corneileus! Plus enjoying your contributions and photos on the thread thank you. Yep, IMO no expertise is needed to see that a river is flowing fast. I doubt, if he caused her to be in the river, he did it with any in-depth knowledge of high or low tides that morning though.

Agree, no way he'd have had this knowledge. Timing would have been pure 'luck', if you could call it that.