
Errors in judgment
Responsibility for several recent tragedies rests not only with the captains, but also with the systems that put them in place Three recent maritime accidents

Responsibility for several recent tragedies rests not only with the captains, but also with the systems that put them in place Three recent maritime accidents

The Bounty’s last voyage should never have been attempted, and its captain’s “reckless decision” to sail the 108-foot wooden square-rigger into the forecast path of

After she rounded Montauk Point at the eastern end of Long Island, N.Y., a little after midnight Oct. 26, the Bounty steered a magnetic compass

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