Well,
The final USCG report is in. The causes for the sinking were first, the vessel's non-seaworthiness, followed closely by an arrogant skipper, added to this an owner's greed & culminating in the loss of life, and a storied square rigger. This should have had never happened but for the reasons stated the loss of life.
There was an earlier thread on the Bounty sinking that asked how such a tragedy could have happened. Skippered be a well seasoned captain Walbridge & the final result.
I had posted some of my thoughts in this thread on his incompetence & remembered that I to took some for my opinions. I remember subsequent replies, alot defending the captain as he had all this seagoing knowledge & responders not wanting to paint him in a lesser light.
I stood by my guns thru this, as I KNEW he had doomed the Bounty & Claudene Christian as a result of his arrogance & death causing stupidity. For this, I now feel exonerated in my beliefs.
The CBS news site posted this in reference to the USCG findings. And remember, not all captains are created equal, licensed or not. Keep in mind, the impedance for this death-defying voyage was for a two day dock reservation stint in St. Pete. Florida for ship tours:
CBS6:
The Coast Guard investigation asked life-and-death questions about proper ship maintenance, the crew’s experience and the captain’s decision to sail from Connecticut to Florida as Sandy ran up the East Coast.
The report said the “most critical” cause of the sinking was the “failure of the Bounty’s management and [captain] to exercise effective oversight and risk management in the overall operation of the Bounty and specifically with undertaking its final voyage in the face of an impending hurricane.”
The “leading cause that contributed to the loss” of Walbridge and to Christian’s death was the captain’s “decision to order the crew to abandon the ship much too late,” the report said.
The decision to abandon ship so late after hurricane conditions worsened and the “fact that the crew had not drilled in months,” led the report to determine that the captain’s “actions/and or inactions in this regard constitutes negligence.”
The report also said the ships’ owner HMS Bounty Organization LLC, “committed acts of negligence that contributed to” Christian’s death and the presumed death of Walbridge.
Fatigue played a contributing factor in the disaster, the report said. The “crew was suffering from fatigue which was born out of lack of sleep, being sea sick, and from the physical exertion of fighting to save the vessel while in extreme weather conditions for over 24 hours.”
The report also states that the Bounty operated as a recreational vessel under “less stringent safety standards” and recommended that the Coast Guard “examine if legislative, regulatory or policy changes are needed.”
Attached is the USCG Final Report findings, What say you?
CR
The final USCG report is in. The causes for the sinking were first, the vessel's non-seaworthiness, followed closely by an arrogant skipper, added to this an owner's greed & culminating in the loss of life, and a storied square rigger. This should have had never happened but for the reasons stated the loss of life.
There was an earlier thread on the Bounty sinking that asked how such a tragedy could have happened. Skippered be a well seasoned captain Walbridge & the final result.
I had posted some of my thoughts in this thread on his incompetence & remembered that I to took some for my opinions. I remember subsequent replies, alot defending the captain as he had all this seagoing knowledge & responders not wanting to paint him in a lesser light.
I stood by my guns thru this, as I KNEW he had doomed the Bounty & Claudene Christian as a result of his arrogance & death causing stupidity. For this, I now feel exonerated in my beliefs.
The CBS news site posted this in reference to the USCG findings. And remember, not all captains are created equal, licensed or not. Keep in mind, the impedance for this death-defying voyage was for a two day dock reservation stint in St. Pete. Florida for ship tours:
CBS6:
The Coast Guard investigation asked life-and-death questions about proper ship maintenance, the crew’s experience and the captain’s decision to sail from Connecticut to Florida as Sandy ran up the East Coast.
The report said the “most critical” cause of the sinking was the “failure of the Bounty’s management and [captain] to exercise effective oversight and risk management in the overall operation of the Bounty and specifically with undertaking its final voyage in the face of an impending hurricane.”
The “leading cause that contributed to the loss” of Walbridge and to Christian’s death was the captain’s “decision to order the crew to abandon the ship much too late,” the report said.
The decision to abandon ship so late after hurricane conditions worsened and the “fact that the crew had not drilled in months,” led the report to determine that the captain’s “actions/and or inactions in this regard constitutes negligence.”
The report also said the ships’ owner HMS Bounty Organization LLC, “committed acts of negligence that contributed to” Christian’s death and the presumed death of Walbridge.
Fatigue played a contributing factor in the disaster, the report said. The “crew was suffering from fatigue which was born out of lack of sleep, being sea sick, and from the physical exertion of fighting to save the vessel while in extreme weather conditions for over 24 hours.”
The report also states that the Bounty operated as a recreational vessel under “less stringent safety standards” and recommended that the Coast Guard “examine if legislative, regulatory or policy changes are needed.”
Attached is the USCG Final Report findings, What say you?
CR
