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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 USA Boxing National Championships kicked off preliminary round action on Monday at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, Colo. The intense action started early with first round contests in the male bantamweight, light welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions as well as the female lightweight class. A finals rematch from the 2010 edition started the action in the bantamweight division as defending champion Joseph Diaz, Jr. (El Monte, Calif.) faced off with his runner-up, Ricky Rodriguez (Greeley, Colo.). Diaz grabbed the early momentum in the contest and took a three-point advantage after the first round. He duplicated his impressive offensive output in the second and enjoyed a 14-7 lead with one round remaining. Rodriguez couldn’t keep up with his opponent and Diaz went on to win a 23-11 final decision to move on to second round action where he will face Keithlen Franklin (Lafayette, La.). In men’s light welterweight action, 2010 Under 19 National Champion Ryan Martin (Chattanooga, Tenn.) battled Anthony Flores (Inglewood, Calif.) in first round competition. Flores took a 5-2 lead after one and successfully built out his lead through the three-round bout. He doubled his advantage over Martin in the second en route to a 20-12 final decision. Flores will take on the United States Marine Corps’ Jamal Herring (Camp Lejeune, N.C.) in Tuesday’s second round competition. The lightweight division enjoyed the honor of being the first weight class contested in the historic U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifying event for women’s boxing. Four-time national champion Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) made her presence felt early, stopping her fellow Washington state native Maria Madrigal (Wenatcher, Wash.) in the first round of their preliminary contest. Underwood will take on Darina Mims (Greensboro, N.C.) on Tuesday afternoon. 2010 USA Boxing National Championships bronze medalist Daquan Arnett (Orlando, Fla.) moved up one spot to the silver medal position at the recent Golden Gloves and he hopes to claim his first open division national title in Colorado Springs. Yet his first round opponent, Edgar Alvarado, Jr. (San Bernadino, Calif.) had other plans. Alvarado claimed a 15-10 lead after two rounds of boxing and held on over the final three minutes to win a 20-16 final decision. He will take on defending champion Luis Arias (Milwaukee, Wis.) in Tuesday’s noon action.

Engelbrekt Grounding: Were The Buoys Were » Maritime Accident Casebook

Engelbrekt is a fine 1866-built steamer owned by enthusiasts which operates on lake Insjön. Her grounding on 18 September bears some familiar tropes.

A green spar buoy was missing at a critical turn because nobody was quite sure who was responsible for its maintenance, navigators assumed that a floating orange jerry had replaced the missing buoy, no alternative check was made on the vessel’s position. The result was an early turn that put here aground.

Says the investigation report from the “On board there were 49 passengers and ten crew members. All were members of the non-profit organization which took care and operated the steamship Engelbrekt.

“The wheelhouse was manned by a helmsman and the master. The helmsman, who had long experience of Engelbrekt and the lake, was conning the vessel. Next to him was the master who made his third trip. Normally, he was operating a taxi boat company in another lake and was working on Engelbrekt when needed.

“In the western part of Insjön there was a small islet called Getholmen which they had to pass before the railway bridge. The passage could be done either on the north or the south side. Going north of the Getholmen meant that the vessel had to make a sharp turn south after passing the islet. Close to the turn there was also a fish farm anchored, on the mainland side.

“To indicate safe water there were two green spar buoys on the north side of Getholmen. Near the fishfarm there was also a red spar buoy. In order to stay safe the south bound vessels had to keep the green buoys on the port side and the red one on the starboard side. “They only saw one of the two green spar buoys in the area. After checking the chart the helmsman and master draw the conclusion that the jerricans was substituting the second green buoy. As the vessel passed the jerricans the helmsman therefore put the rudder hard to port in order to turn south. Shortly after, at approximately 17.00 hours, the vessel went aground.

“The crew conducted a damage control and arranged for a tug boat to assist. No persons were injured and no damage to the hull or water ingress was noticed”.

A green spar buoy was missing which made the crew to lose control over the position of the vessel. No alternative means of checking the position was used. There was no information and knowledge available that the green spar buoy was missing.

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