However a new report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch states it identified key safety issues on the boat and showed that Mr Davey had limited boating experience which meant that he did not fully appreciate the dangers of being so close to the Doom Bar around low water. Read more: Boy, 12, airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after 'hit and run' crashĪt the time coroner Andrew Cox, concluding the death was accidental, said the family had been caught out despite taking “every possible safety step”. Her dad Stefan Davey told an inquest in October last year how he tried desperately to save his daughter after she was trapped in the cabin under the Norma G was flipped over by a wave that appeared out of nowhere as the family was navigating the notorious sand-bar. Gillian Davey, 17, from Wadebridge, died after the 6ft (2m) wave hit the boat.
On May 25, 2020, the Davey family was enjoying a day out on the water in the Camel Estuary on their 5.4m motor cruiser Norma G when the boat was capsized by a large wave close to the Doom Bar. Cornwall's infamous Doom Bar is to be made safer following the death of a 17-year-old who drowned last year after she became stuck under her capsized boat.
