Ju-Ju

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports that "On 19 March 1993, the "Ju Ju" was proceeding to Kildidt Sound, British Columbia, to shelter from a south-easterly gale. The vessel took on water below decks and sank shortly thereafter. Two of the three crew members were rescued from the water, suffering from hypothermia. The third to be recovered had succumbed to hypothermia and drowned. The Board determined that, while heading for shelter at full speed and pounding into the heavy seas, the "JU JU" most probably sprang a plank below the waterline. The vessel then began flooding into the after spaces, settled quickly by the stern, and subsequently downflooded and sank. Factors that contributed to the loss of life were the inadequacy of the life-saving equipment carried and the crew's inexperience and lack of formal marine and survival training." "The "Ju Ju", a small wooden fishing vessel with a traditional double-ended troller hull, was of closed construction. The cabin was forward of amidships, the engine-room was directly below the cabin, and the fish hold was immediately aft of the cabin. The lazaret space and cockpit were abaft the fish hold. Rigging included an aluminium mast, trolling poles and stabilizer poles. The aluminium longline drum was on the port side."