SV Cynthia Woods keel damaged & repaired before deadly capsize
The Galveston County Daily News reported in its article Sailboat in deadly capsizing repaired before that the SV Cynthia Woods keel was repaired in March 2007 after the sailboat ran aground. In that grounding, the vessel suffered more than $1,800 in damage according to records. The sailboat's keel was also damaged in another accidental grounding in 2006. Damage to the keel and hull required $1,862 in repairs after the March 2007 grounding which was significant enough to separate the keel from the boat at both the front and back. Some have questioned whether the boat had been adequately maintained following the prior groundings.
