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Originally Posted by David View Post
More details not looking good for the captain:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/yacht-sank-sicily-due-endless-181647907.html

Yacht Sank in Sicily Due to ‘Endless Chain of Errors,' Ship Maker's Owner Speculates: ‘Everything Was Predictable’
Well yeah... he's alive and has a stake in the outcome, and everyone responsible is dead. He's getting ahead of the media blame game.

I guess I'm surprised a big beautiful and very expensive boat like that would be allowed to make itself unseaworthy. Pretty much job one is to not sink to the bottom. Retractable keel? Sure, but there should be some a mechanical system that fires into action if the boat tips too far.

Its like if gulfstream would let me order a g800 with windows that could be rolled down while at altitude. Some things are just a terrible idea and canapes be damned.
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