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5 responses so far ↓
1 Bob B // Jul 23, 2007 at 2:43 am
I would have guessed the Bosun’s locker… it was a pretty dangerous place when I was a new OS screwing up constantly. Oh how times have changed.
2 Bob B // Jul 23, 2007 at 2:43 am
I would have guessed the Bosun’s locker… it was a pretty dangerous place when I was a new OS screwing up constantly. Oh how times have changed.
3 weatherORnot // Jul 24, 2007 at 9:10 am
Great story. I heard a rumor that more people have been killed by lifeboats than saved by them since the sinking of the titanic. Not sure if it’s true but would make for a great mythbusters episode.
4 weatherORnot // Jul 24, 2007 at 9:10 am
Great story. I heard a rumor that more people have been killed by lifeboats than saved by them since the sinking of the titanic. Not sure if it’s true but would make for a great mythbusters episode.
5 Lifeboat Fatality Report - Podcast and Blog Links // Sep 12, 2007 at 6:08 am
[...] We recently received a response to our Maritime Mythbuster story request. Our question to readers: “What nautical myths would you like gCaptain to debunk?”. The very first response questioned the myth “More people have been killed in lifeboat incidents than saved by them since the sinking of the titanic”. We do not know the answer to this myth (maybe Bob can enlighten us) but Bob’s podcasts have proven, lifeboats are extremely dangerous. [...]
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