"Bob_R" schreef in bericht
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Hi Bouler,
I have been wondering the same thing. These are my thoughts.
We know that the storm was traveling south to north out at sea and was
forecast to turn west and pass over Philadelphia.
We know that the storm was very wide.
We know that Bounty's stated route was to leave Connecticut and head east,
then south, to avoid the storm.
We know that Bounty sank only 90 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
She apparently did not head east to avoid the storm.
We know that Bounty was due in Florida for an event.
My theory is that the captain decided he could race south, close to the
coast, and get past the storm before it turned west, despite its enormous
size. He almost succeeded but his plan had no margin of safety; if
something went wrong, the ship was in trouble.
Something did go wrong resulting in failure of the propulsion engine and
the engine-generator powering the pumps. I suspect it was one problem that
caused both to fail because two simultaneous failures are less likely than
one.
That's what I think.
Bouler, you and the rest of the group are welcome critique this theory.

I like to go down to the Cape Cod Canal, walk along the service road for a
few miles photographing anything of interest, sea gulls, power boats, sail
boats, tugs, barges, tall ships. The Bounty was the first tall ship I ever
saw go through, back in 2002; she surprised the heck out of me when I
turned and saw her approaching, sails raised, passing under the Sagamore
Bridge.
Bob

Thanks Bob for your explanation, it coud have been so.
Still I think the captain took too much risk, maybe we'll here the real
story from one of the survivers, I do'nt know if the captain is one of them.
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Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)