Comments on: Overboard – The Laura Gainey Story (on video) http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/ Exploring maritime culture, history and heritage Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-5170 Peter A. Mello Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:01:28 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-5170 Sherry; Thanks for visiting and commenting. There are clearly no winners in this very tragic story. Really the only positive that could come out of this is increased safety and situational awareness which may help mitigate similar catastrophic incidents in the future. Sherry;
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
There are clearly no winners in this very tragic story. Really the only positive that could come out of this is increased safety and situational awareness which may help mitigate similar catastrophic incidents in the future.

]]> By: sherry http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-5153 sherry Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:09:13 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-5153 That report is incredible. What a waste of life. How incredibly heartbreaking for her father. I agree that sailing the old way is okay but that there is no reason to eschew modern safety equpiment and standards. Laura Gainey did not have to die that night. The most horrific thing it that they heard her but could not locate her. That poor,poor girl. It is a tragedy and I cannot believe it has gone unpunished. If Captain Westmoreland is, indeed, as concerned as her says he is he should be leading crusades to ensure that this type of thing never,ever happens again to anybody on any ship. He comes across just as Laura's dad describes. He doesn't walk the walk. He doesn't seem concerned with the accident. If something like that happened on a ship of mine, I would be a gibbering mass of jelly just enduring the scrutiny of the press. I would be so exremely upset that I would not be able to do anything except dock the ship for a long time. Captain Westmoreland seems to feel no remorse at all for this traged, much less responsibility. That report is incredible. What a waste of life. How incredibly heartbreaking for her father. I agree that sailing the old way is okay but that there is no reason to eschew modern safety equpiment and standards. Laura Gainey did not have to die that night. The most horrific thing it that they heard her but could not locate her. That poor,poor girl. It is a tragedy and I cannot believe it has gone unpunished.

If Captain Westmoreland is, indeed, as concerned as her says he is he should be leading crusades to ensure that this type of thing never,ever happens again to anybody on any ship. He comes across just as Laura’s dad describes. He doesn’t walk the walk. He doesn’t seem concerned with the accident. If something like that happened on a ship of mine, I would be a gibbering mass of jelly just enduring the scrutiny of the press. I would be so exremely upset that I would not be able to do anything except dock the ship for a long time. Captain Westmoreland seems to feel no remorse at all for this traged, much less responsibility.

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]]> By: gcaptain http://sea-fever.org/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-4768 gcaptain Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:12:41 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/overboard-the-laura-gainey-story-on-video/#comment-4768 Interesting indeed! The issue of sleep deprivation could possibly have been an important cause. While STCW mandates rest hours (I'm not clear if they followed them here) they don't tell what to do in your time off. Most people sleep at least 6 of their 12 hrs off but some people spend the time socializing, playing video games or watching movies. As you can imagine, training ships would be the most prone to this dangerous condition. -John Interesting indeed! The issue of sleep deprivation could possibly have been an important cause. While STCW mandates rest hours (I’m not clear if they followed them here) they don’t tell what to do in your time off. Most people sleep at least 6 of their 12 hrs off but some people spend the time socializing, playing video games or watching movies. As you can imagine, training ships would be the most prone to this dangerous condition. -John

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