classgee wrote:I suspect this tragedy will be more to do with seamanship, and appropriate preparation and response to bad weather, than the ultimate ability of the boat to deal with it.
The MAIB report will no doubt reveal all in due course, but I suspect the crew were in laid back, fair weather, secure at safe anchorage mindset, rather than paying attention to the severity of the approaching weather and responding appropriately with the vessel prepared to deal with it.
Missus watched a series called Below Deck.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2342499/I basically saw 2 types of staff; native boaties + the rest.
As a Scot who spent a lot of time on the west coast, I got used to being around native boaties - you throw them in the water at birth & not only did they float, they'd tack into wind before they could walk.
The other staff I saw on Below Deck were floating hotel staff. Not bad people per se, but definitely lacked those instant/inherent boatie instincts that pre-empted boat incidents, or "all hands" & knew what to do without being told...especially in a life-threatening situation.