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Did you find the pipe and red beanie beneficial? Which LOB did you go on?

A night watchman is a backup, not a replacement for smoke detectors. Five crewmen, all asleep, as the sole survivors, makes for big headlines. But for those of us who actually go on boats, we want working smoke detectors, and backups of smoke detectors.

An O2 tank on a rebreather is way too small to have played a major factor here.

An NTSB interview is not a deposition, and I would guess that a current NTSB employee cannot serve as an expert witness - that would be a huge conflict of interest. Expert witnesses are paid handsomely. Top surgeons who serve as expert witnesses in big lawsuits are paid well over $1,000 an...

Aluminum loses its temper past 400F. It'll drastically weaken long before it melts.

Vigilante enforcement would be in order. 1st offense: a stern talking-to 2nd offense: gear thrown overboard 3rd offense: offender thrown overboard

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Fires are on everyone's minds right now, but IMO those bunk rooms are traps, period. Someone called it a dungeon in one news article. Dangerous in many situations in addition to fire.

NTSB reports include analyses and conclusions. In a court case, that's the job of an expert witness. I think the fear is that a jury will take an NTSB report as gospel (ignoring everything else), or a good law firm will attempt to discredit the report, and thereby the NTSB (possibly with dirty...

Not brittle, but very weak. But yes, effectively the same end result for the user. That is, unusable. Aluminum is an "age-hardening" metal. It is first "solution annealed" at high temperature, rapidly quenched in a water-based bath, then tempered at a much lower temperature, typically around...

As some others pointed out earlier, fireproof LiPo charging bags - apparently popular with the R/C crowd. $15 bucks on Amazon. A no-brainer assuming they work. Edit to add: but yes, the metal trunk idea is the best way to go for the boat owner.

Negative, DAN insurance covers the dive(s) only, not the boat ride. https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/scuba-dive-insurance/files/handbook-g.pdf

Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with you. Those hatches are complete garbage in my book. Even the staircase is uncomfortably small. I'm just saying that "somebody" would be able to come up with an excuse.

While not a "good thing", the fact that nobody got out of the bunks might be the biggest wake up call of all, and is probably going to be a major talking point moving forward. I think if even one person made it out, some opinions would change.

My opinion is that bunk rooms are ill suited for recreational LOBs where everyone's on the same sleeping schedule, so for me it's a nonstarter. Obviously fire is the number one thing on everyone's mind right now, but flooding/capsizing should be of equal concern. Bunk rooms remind me of...

A few folks who have dived the Conception said the drawing was wrong.

Depends on what the NTSB finds. Source of ignition? It could be a battery as some of suggested. If that's the case, whoever made/imported the battery. Cooking equipment maybe? Whoever made that. How about the manufacturer of the smoke detectors? All possibilities. There aren't...

On top of that, I think there's going to be a lot of finger pointing as multiple defendants are named over time.

I should have worded my post differently. Liability is determined by a jury or settlement. We're many years away from that. Exposure is a better word here. Truth Aquatics has plenty of exposure, as does everyone down their supply chain. Regulatory compliance will probably mitigate, but not...

Compliance doesn't absolve liability and get you out of court. Compliance helps show you tried, but it's just one of many hundreds of evidentiary exhibits presented to a jury during a trial. The owner of a movie theater is still liable if patrons die in a fire. The owner has the option of...