In the News: The Bounty

[akashiver]

(Yoinked fro n6tqs )

Sunk: The Incredible Truth about a Ship that Never Should Have Sailed makes for some terrifying reading (at least for me, and I gather, via conversation, most people who have sailed). The author's a UD grad student, apparently, and she seems to have done a bang-up job of outlining and analyzing the Bounty's sinking. Her description

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[gollumgollum]

Another of my friends is very into tall ships and posted that article. It was definitely a terrifying read. There are definitely parallels to things that happen in medicine - we find that mistakes tend to snowball if you don't have a culture where people feel safe speaking up about what they're seeing, and breaking ranks. (I'm sure that's true everywhere, really.)

[n6tqs]

The testimony yesterday from Todd, the shipyard job manager, puts a whole new light on things. I am very disturbed.
I'll be flying east today, and testify on the 18th.
The proceedings MAY be streamed on wavy.com (or may not).