Failure to follow Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) safety guidelines led to court sentence following death in boating accident. The sentencing of Timaru man David Lloyd Batchelor following the death of a friend in a boating accident highlights the tragic consequences of not following basic Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) safety guidelines, MNZ Manager, Maritime Investigations, Steve van der Splinter says. Appearing in Timaru District Court, Mr Batchelor was fined $500 and ordered to pay $2,500 in reparations to the widow of Frank Sanders, 59, who died on Lake Alexandrina in April 2011 after Mr Batchelor’s 4.7m dinghy, carrying him and three other men, capsized. Mr Batchelor was convicted in June of permitting a boat to be operated in a manner causing unnecessary risk to the occupants.