In 1968 I was running around between Montreal and the West Indies on a cargo/passenger vessel so did not follow or know too much about the loss of the Wahine. However watching that video obviously made to mark the 25th. anniversary of the event you have to ask why it was made. It was made to my way of thinking for commercial gain one way or the other the same as all TV documentaries and the obvious factor to catch the publics imagination is the survivors and the loss of their loved ones. According to this documentary the loss of the ship was due to the weather conditions and lack of preparedness for such, to apportion blame to gyro compasses and no radar is like picking out straws from a haystack. We all know the ultimate responsibility regardless, stays with the person in charge which is the master, who is supposed to have the powers of Merlin. Many ships annually go down to weather conditions and will do so in the future as well. This is like the Costa Concordia where every one was trying to blame someone else. Ultimately it is the master who is responsible whether there are redeeming facts or not, where he was unable to do what the ship could not do because it was out of control due to the weather. Anyone who has been through the centre of a Typhoon or Cyclone and lived to tell the tale, to have such conditions and so near to the shore is suicide, I am sure if the master had known the movement of the weather pattern he would of made for open water to at least try and ride it out, any seaman would. However it is stated that he did not know until too late. Probably when it comes down to blaming lack of aids to navigation that is what any court will do accept them as aids only, the presence of Radar and Gyro compasses in 1968 were fairly new to the Industry as a whole and previously hadn't existed, even to the lack of weather reports as to the movements he would by shore peoples way of thinking be able to judge weather conditions by the age old barometer and his own powers of observation. Believe according to the documentary without going through it again he was censored. He finished up in a position where no seaman wants to be on a ,lee shore, only in his case this was amplified as everywhere he turned if he could of, was also on a lee shore. JS