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Codger · 02-23-2007, 10:03 PM

Gentlemen. Just a couple of thoughts.
Hindsight is 20/20, but only if you have all the facts. Unlike aviation incident reports performed by the NTSB, I don't believe that anyone other than the insurance company, and those present at the time have all the facts. If there were faults of omission or commission by the crew, the owner, the designers or the builders the insurance company will do whatever they can to prove it and reduce their payout. If those suits occur or are even considered is again something that will not be public.
Whether or not you are a fan of Pete Halmos is entirely irrelevant to this.
I think that most of us would expect to have taken what we say at face value and should accord the same to those involved.
There was a huge amount of damage during that storm and I would believe that most people did whatever they thought best at the time to protect their property.
It's tragic that this beautiful vessel has suffered the damage that it has and has ended up in this situation.
Now it's just a fascinating engineering project to get the hull out of there without causing further environmental damage.

02-23-2007, 10:03 PM	#93
Codger YF Wisdom Dept. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Western Canada Posts: 935	Legacy Gentlemen. Just a couple of thoughts. Hindsight is 20/20, but only if you have all the facts. Unlike aviation incident reports performed by the NTSB, I don't believe that anyone other than the insurance company, and those present at the time have all the facts. If there were faults of omission or commission by the crew, the owner, the designers or the builders the insurance company will do whatever they can to prove it and reduce their payout. If those suits occur or are even considered is again something that will not be public. Whether or not you are a fan of Pete Halmos is entirely irrelevant to this. I think that most of us would expect to have taken what we say at face value and should accord the same to those involved. There was a huge amount of damage during that storm and I would believe that most people did whatever they thought best at the time to protect their property. It's tragic that this beautiful vessel has suffered the damage that it has and has ended up in this situation. Now it's just a fascinating engineering project to get the hull out of there without causing further environmental damage.