Comments on: “Laura Gainey was an unlucky victim of the risk that she took by electing to go to sea” http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/ Exploring maritime culture, history and heritage Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s Report of Crew Member Laura Gainey Lost Overboard Sail Training Vessel Picton Castle 376 nm SSE of Halifax, Nova Scotia 08 December 2006 « Sea-Fever blog http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-10429 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:38:46 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-10429 [...] Transportation Safet… on “Laura Gainey was an unl…Ed Brenegar on Richard Branson Answers My Que…Peter A. Mello on Rocking the Boat’s [...]

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]]> By: gcaptain http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4386 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:14:24 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4386 Interesting.

]]> By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4341 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:01:36 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4341 John, thanks the always insightful input.

The story about the 2 investigative reports is a little confusing and it’s easy to see how the Gainey’s confidence in the regulatory system was shaken. There may be some good reasons for this, but at this point it seems to create more questions than answers.

Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: gcaptain http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4335 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:23:37 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4335 The unofficial report states “While the crew and trainees participated in a fire drill, no other safety drills were carried out prior to or after sailing”

Seems unbelievable. We are required to have an abandonship AND fire drill every month but we usually hold them every Sunday. As a chief mate I’m in charge of these drills and can say even once a week doesn’t provide enough time to train people who are not professional firefighters or rescuers in tactics that are seldom (hopefully never) used.

]]> By: gcaptain.com http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4330 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:41:56 +0000 http://sea-fever.org/2007/11/29/laura-gainey-was-an-unlucky-victim-of-the-risk-that-she-took-by-electing-to-go-to-sea/#comment-4330 “Laura Gainey was an unlucky victim of the risk that she took by electing to go to sea” « Sea-Fever blog

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