[BITList] BOUNTY

[Michael Feltham]

Thanks Frank for the interesting photos

Mike
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On 19 Jun 2014, at 23:51, FA <franka at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Mike,
> Have attached a couple of pics which you might find of interest 
> The happier days one was taken at Fremantle 
> frank
> On 6/20/2014 12:28 AM, Michael Feltham wrote:
>> Tall Ship Bounty Sinking 
>> The USCG recently released the report on the sinking of the Bounty. The Bounty was a movie prop of years past and had been an a dockside amusement vessel. It is a great report and very well written. It speaks to ego and pride of the master, economic concerns regarding repairs and in general just plain bad thinking - I have enough bilge pump capacity to keep up with the current hull leakage thus I won't worry about it. (All causal factors familiar in marine casualty investigations.) The master set off fully knowing a tremendous storm was ahead. He believed a ship was safer at sea then in port with a storm. Ironically,I think when that rule is applied, when ships leave port they do so for the express purpose to head in a direction to get far away from danger vice towards it. It's sad though because another person had to die at the incompetence / negligence of the master. If interested go to http://marineinvestigations.us 
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