NTSB finds Bounty sinking result of reckless decisions.

[HooptieWagon]

Sorry if its a dupe.
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/02/10/ntsb-determines-bounty-sinking-result-reckless-decisions/

[independentpiney]

1. I thought that was a given

The ship was not in the best of shape when they left port either from what I recall. A real shame, and I was looking forward to seeing her.

[Blue_Tires]

2. +1 the owners/managers had been hemmoraging money

and were taking greater and greater risks with questionable seaworthiness...

[HooptieWagon]

4. True, the owner was maintaining the boat on the cheap.

However, ultimately the responsibility lies with the captain. He knew the condition of the boat better than anyone. He knew the crew was inexperienced and shorthanded. And yet he put to sea into the path of the storm anyway.

[HooptieWagon]

3. Its what most people figured.

But the NTSB and Coast Guard reports are the official findings.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Wooden Boat magazine did a great article on the accident.

http://www.woodenboat.com/lessons-bounty

One of the main takeaways is that the storm would probably have been survivable if the ship and crew were better prepared.

[HooptieWagon]

6. True, but....

it remains that they shouldn't have been out there at all, whether the storm was "survivable" or not. All to often, what is normally a survivable situation becomes not so, due to several small incidents and errors compounding into a major situation.