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On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:56:37 -0400,
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:40:11 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:58:21 -0400,
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:29:03 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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I know what you're saying Greg. But my thought is that it's possible that it was bad enough but turned REALLY bad before they knew what was happening. Just my uneducated thought.

I suppose bravado goes a long way but I am not sure it would have me
steering into a storm when there was an easy way to avoid it.

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There's more information he

http://gcaptain.com/collision-course-with-a-hurricane-how-doomed-el-faro-met-its-end/#.VhgL0SssycM

This will be discussed by the professionals for a while. At this time
I don't think it's known exactly when they lost power. It may be
possible that they caught a really bad break by losing power before
they could reroute.

In addition to a possible desire to save fuel, there may have been
port considerations. Some harbors have limited dockage space and
tightly scheduled slip assignments. It could be very expensive if you
miss your slot and have to wait for a new one. Don't know if that's
an issue in San Juan or not.

Not to go all "Harry" on you but it is still just money.
How much did losing the ship cost:?

Did the company actually make more on the insurance than that old rust
bucket was worth?

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Conspiracy theories are always fun to kick around even when they are a
bit improbable. When you factor in the reputational risk to the
company, the asset loss, and all of the crew and cargo liabilities,
it's unlikely they could profit in any way. The captain always has
ultimate responsibility for the safety of crew, cargo and ship. In
the end it will go down as a bad decision on his part no matter what
might have motivated the risk taking.

I wasn't talking about them intentionally hazarding their vessel, I
was just curious whether it was insured for more than it was worth.
TV20 had a guy on who was on that ship for a while and he said it was
a rust bucket and they were just painting over the rust.. The cooks
area regularly flooded and other things. The loss of power might have
been a simple mechanical failure, having nothing to do with the storm,
just at the worst possible time.