Charley and I had some early conversations on this but it must have been a different thread or on FB because I don't see them here. In any case, I've been following this case and feel pretty ready to issue my own judgement........I am surprised that this ship was still afloat to even try to act so stupidly with!

What sunk Bounty started awhile back with the Captain's ego and the owner's lack of care. I guess the Captain was a nice guy who enjoyed the training of rookies into the world of sailing and specifically sailing tall, wooden, boats. That's very nice and even admirable. But the majority of them lacked any wooden boat experience and also most lacked any tall ship experience. To take such a crew as he had out into a storm when he didn't have to do so? I'd say that was insane.

Even more insane is to take a boat in such bad condition as Bounty into a storm unnecessarily. To do both? The mind boggles. All I can figure is he must have believed himself invincible and I know of no one with any sailing experience at all who believes that........And let's recall the biggest mistake of all was something most of us know which is you choose life over death and your crew over a boat. Even if the Bounty had been perfect, he should never have left port.

The idea of so many lost for no good reason and to put the CG recuers in jeopardy............There's a bit of insanity in this somewhere.............


Spaw