A Transportation Safety Board report on the capsizing of a Nova Scotia-based tall ship off Brazil is blaming lack of knowledge by the crew for the sinking.
The Concordia, based out of Lunenburg, had 64 students and staff from the West Island College sailing school on board when it sank on February 17th of last year; everyone was rescued.
The board's report Thursday says the vessel was lost in a squall because a risk of a knockdown was not clear to the crew.
As a result, appropriate responses such as reducing sail or changing course were not taken before the squall hit.
