EVEN though two people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat on Lake Windermere, the Lake District National Park Authority will not adopt a recommended boat safety scheme.
It was in April 2013 (Faulty generator caused boat deaths) that a mother and daughter were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in their boat on Lake Windermere, caused by a faulty exhaust on a generator, with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch calling for a boat safety scheme to be implemented, Alan Tilbury tells us.
Against the scheme
But the Lake District National Park Authority has decided against the scheme, with a spokesman stating that it is 'not an effective comprehensive method of addressing the important issue of boat safety.'
This seems most strange, as the Boat Safety Scheme is recognised as paramount in saving lives when it is properly implemented, but the Authority will not entertain it on Lake Windermere.
Fell apart
It was the boat's owner, Matthew Eteson, who had modified the generator's exhaust system to make it quieter, but the makeshift copper piping 'fell apart' when its soldered elbow melted in the heat, falling off so allowing gases to escape that caused the death of the two.
He was given a two years suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence.