year to achieve once the Kayaker has achieved a 3 star in personal performance, which could take another two years on top. Since the event there has been a tribute to the lost souls in the Plymouth Herald. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/lyme-bay-tragedy-parents-describe-1364914 and the Dorset Echo https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/features/lookingback/19274261.remembering-lyme-bay-canoe-tragedy/. As a disaster much should be learned from this and much learning has been lost as some of the original papers cannot be found on line, however this program should give some insights https://hstalks.com/t/4264/tragedy-in-lyme-bay-a-whistleblowing-cautionary-ta/ The TES reported on this at the time and an article on this can be found here https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/fatal-catalogue-simple-errors Inquest The subsequent investigation resulted in the prosecution of the parent company and the centre manager. The owner of the activity centre was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the deaths. This was the only successful conviction involving a corporation for this offence in the UK. The owner was jailed for four years, but his sentence was cut to two years on appeal. During the inquest, it was suggested that the tragedy was an accident waiting to happen. (https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12664382.centre-received-warnings-months-before-teenagers-died-court-told-canoe-tragedy-was-waiting-to-happen/) Legacy This incident accelerated governmental discussions to end self-regulation of outdoor education centres. The Activity Centres (Young Persons’ Safety) Act 1995, introduced by Labour MP David Jamieson was passed through Parliament in January 1995 and an independent licensing authority, the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) was formed, funded by the Department of Education and Employment (DFE) and under the guidance of the Health and Safety Executive. A number of legislations were made about running school trips subsequently to this and a number of law changes affected the provision of activities at adventure holiday centres in the UK after this. Where they had once been very affordable, due to the need to run with qualified staff, the prices had to go up accordingly. A newspaper article about the changes in legislation can be found here - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/08/education.educationnews and the Parliament early day motions can be found here https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/6305/lyme-bay-canoeing-accident https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/9326334.lyme-bay-canoe-tragedy-will-be-repeated-if-law-changes-warn-campaigners/ On 26 October 2012, Lord Young of Graffham called for the legislation to be reduced to guidance and for the Adventure Activities Licencing Authority (which was set up as a result of this incident) to be scrapped. People warned that this is happened then further deaths and tragedies such as this could occur. The AALA remains in existence on this date 21/04/2022 https://www.hse.gov.uk/aala/ See also Cairngorm Plateau disaster References Maritime incidents in the United Kingdom Maritime incidents