Death boat drunk Percy Small loses appeal against severity of sentence Percy Small makes his way to Darlinghurst Supreme Court in Sydney. Small skippered the runabout that collided with a fishing trawler that killed six people on Sydney Harbour 28/03/2007. Police at the scene of the vessel collision in Sydney Harbour on May 1, 2008. The boat, which was licensed to carry eight passengers, had 14 revellers on-board when it collided with a fishing trawler. Ashlie Ayres who was killed in the collision between two vessels near on Sydney Harbour on May 1, 2008. Jessica Savanna Holloway who was killed in the collision between two vessels near on Sydney Harbour on May 1, 2008. Alex Rumiz was a victim of the Sydney Harbour boat crash on 1st May 2008. Elisabeth Holder was a victim of the Sydney Harbour boat crash on 1st May 2008. He also contended his mere ``physical control" of the workboot did not constitute navigating the vessel under the law. Stacey Wright was one of six passengers killed when their boat collided with a fishing vessel on Sydney Harbour on May 1, 2008. However the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday found Small was ``the only one that could have taken action to avoid the collision, had he seen the fishing trawler soon enough. Alex Nikakis was one of six passengers killed when their boat collided with a fishing vessel on Sydney Harbour on May 1, 2008.