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Demovictory9

(32,453 posts) Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:44 PM Sep 2019

sleeping quarters of the Conception Dive Boat - filmed a few years ago

I was wondering how 34 people could sleep below deck on a boat of that size... stacked bunk beds

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sleeping quarters of the Conception Dive Boat - filmed a few years ago (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2019 OP

Seems the crew abandoned ship without waking the passengers. wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #1

wow! it is weird that all 5 crew survived and no sign of passengers. Boat only 20 yards from shore Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #2

It appears the crew was on deck when the explosion happened hack89 Sep 2019 #4

It must have been horrific. CentralMass Sep 2019 #3

Going by the boat layout posted here, there was only one exit from that room muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #5

Very traditional for sailors, actually. Hammocks, too. And something my dad called a "hot rack".... Hekate Sep 2019 #6

My gods, I just clicked on the CNN link. I didn't know from the OP that it was a local craft .... Hekate Sep 2019 #7

hit the news about 6 hour ago Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #9

I was asleep 6 hours ago. Also I am trying to train myself to not turn on any newscast until.... Hekate Sep 2019 #10

"the "news" increasingly just makes me sick." yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2019 #11

The vessel sank about 20-yards off the coast in 54-feet of water chowder66 Sep 2019 #8

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

1. Seems the crew abandoned ship without waking the passengers.

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Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:47 PM

Sep 2019

Demovictory9

(32,453 posts)

2. wow! it is weird that all 5 crew survived and no sign of passengers. Boat only 20 yards from shore

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:50 PM

Sep 2019

Dive boat so EVERYONE on board can swim.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

4. It appears the crew was on deck when the explosion happened

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:51 PM

Sep 2019

it may have been suicide to go down below.

The five who were rescued were crew members who were awake above deck and jumped into the water. Everyone else on board was sleeping below deck.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/california-boat-fire/index.html

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

3. It must have been horrific.

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Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:51 PM

Sep 2019

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)

5. Going by the boat layout posted here, there was only one exit from that room

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Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:53 PM

Sep 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142362702#post6

up a gangway. If the explosion/fire blocked that, there'd be nothing all of them in the room could do.

Hekate

(90,662 posts)

6. Very traditional for sailors, actually. Hammocks, too. And something my dad called a "hot rack"....

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Mon Sep 2, 2019, 02:55 PM

Sep 2019

...which is a cot used in shifts so it never has a chance to cool off from one occupant before the next falls into it.

Hekate

(90,662 posts)

7. My gods, I just clicked on the CNN link. I didn't know from the OP that it was a local craft ....

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:06 PM

Sep 2019

...or that that burned with all aboard.

How awful.

Demovictory9

(32,453 posts)

9. hit the news about 6 hour ago

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Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:32 PM

Sep 2019

Hekate

(90,662 posts)

10. I was asleep 6 hours ago. Also I am trying to train myself to not turn on any newscast until....

Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:36 PM

Sep 2019

...Nicolle and her panel comes on at 1:00. I do check DU. But the "news" increasingly just makes me sick.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

11. "the "news" increasingly just makes me sick."

Reply to Hekate (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:47 PM

Sep 2019

ditto

chowder66

(9,067 posts)

8. The vessel sank about 20-yards off the coast in 54-feet of water

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:24 PM

Sep 2019

Rochester said they are still is in a response phase, conducting shoreline searches. The vessel sank about 20-yards off the coast in 54-feet of water. A portion of the bow is still sticking out of the water.

Rochester said the vessel was in "full compliance."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/us/santa-cruz-island-boat-fire.html

This is so sad. It's been all over our local news.

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