The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a formal investigation into an accident on the schooner Grace Bailey last week that killed one passenger and injured three others.
According to the agency, the rear mast of the 118-foot historic schooner split and fell while the ship was about a mile east of Rockland Harbor.
The mast struck several passengers and caused the death of 40-year-old Emily Mecklenburg of Rockland.
The commander of the Coast Guard's First District ordered the investigation to determine the factors that led to the accident.
