Originally Posted by
cappy
But surely if there were that many faults the situation didnt happen overnight ......who should have have seen these probs and had them sorted ......brings back an incident when an apprentice went over the wall iN 1958 .....the clinker built lifeboat was launched and due to bad management smashed against the ships side and just about folded in two ....as one ...the mate in charge of lowering the lifeboat managed to get the bow of the lifeboat about 5 foot lower than the stern ......the ab forrard then trying to loosen his falls ....which caused the boat to swing completey round and as the vessel was still under way smash into the ship and crumble .....the vessel itself was quite old ...on inspection it appeared the lifeboat was held together by ...many previous paintings....cappy R683532