Sailor died on round-the-world trip after being pulled into faulty winch

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"A 74-year-old man on a round-the-world sailing trip died after being pulled into a faulty winch, an investigation has found. Lyall Babington, a New Zealand national, sustained catastrophic injuries after being caught in a rope and pulled into the device, becoming tightly wound around its drum. His crew rushed to stop the winch using the control switch, but he could not be saved. A Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report concluded the winch was defective. Babington had been living aboard his 17-metre yacht, Mollie, for three years, having set off from New Zealand and recruiting crew members at various ports. While one crew member had been with the vessel for approximately five months, two others had only joined the day prior to the fatal accident."

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