eSysman does a good job of covering this incident, although incorrectly identified the tanker as a fishing vessel.
https://youtu.be/X0kdJ3zitKA
Yep, even having looked at the photo's of the sinking ship, he still identifies it as a "fishing vessel". . . . . doesn't make me want to rush out and subscribe to his channel . . .
Yes I read the comments as well under the video. That's a good way to loose all credibility but to be real about even professional journalism, you can't believe a damn thing unless you saw it, heard it, and then you still could be wrong. I call it semi fake news.
If they were overtaking as reported in the first article the closing speed would have been less. That makes more sense than the T-bone collision eSysman described.Pretty minor damage for running into a 100' tanker @ 20 knots. That doesn't seem right.
Agree eSysman jumped the gun on his report, he usually has pretty good intel but got it wrong this time. I do like his channel though and his views on the superyacht world.
May have been DIW with repair parties attending to possible damage....plus the crew could have been nearly frozen from shock... some people just don't react well in emergencies.
How long was it till the other vessel picked up the survivors
Tanker ship sunk by mega-yacht near Nassau
Who would investigate this? Would jurisdiction be based on where the vessels are flagged or where the incident happened ?.....or who ever licensed the Captains ?
A little research seems to suggest (not an international maritime lawyer here) that the flag countries of the vessels involved do the investigation with resulting actions against crews and companies and the suit for damages can probably heard in any world maritime court (courts in that country that hear maritime matters) that is agreed upon by what seems to be a bunch of entities that are not likely to agree.
Given the available history of this event would apparent malfeasance on the part of the mega yacht have any impact on insurance coverage.
I am surprised Captains don't have professional liability insurance. Your doctor, accountant, mechanic,even your basic handyman carry liability insurance. I would think if I entrusted my megayacht to a person based on their credentials of being a licensed captain, I would have some recourse if they were negligent.