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“The mast on a vessel like this one is very strong and heavy and could impose serious damage to the vessel as it fell or as it lay alongside the vessel, still connected by the rigging,” he said.

But Karsten Borner, the skipper of a nearby boat, suggests the sinking actually could have been caused by high winds hitting the 236-foot mast. Even with sails stowed, the mast and its rigging ...