Trained skipper Adam Prior (pictured right) had to give up a life at sea after he was struck in the face by a 10-kilo steel sail pulley during a race off the Isle of Wight in July 2015 on board the Eleonora E.
Adam Prior was hit on the head during a race off the Isle of Wight in July 2015. He is blaming unsafe weather conditions and a lack of maintenance for the accident but the company denies all blame.