Being a CE on a sister ship of the Valour I read about that catastrophe as much as I could in an attempt to learn from their mistakes. If the report is true, I agree with the NTSB/USCG conclusion. The report reads like a tragic comedy. The Master called for a vote to abandon ship or not? Never did the crew muster together to come up with a plan of action. One man died because of medical reasons & some of the crew neglected to mention it to the everyone else. The CE or assistant was ballasting to the wrong side of the vessel. At least one of the crew members became catatonic during the emergency. They had the fuel crossover open & some crew was so out of shape a popped paper bag could have caused them to go into cardiac arrest. What I learned from reading the NTSB report was not to sail with a bunch of dumbasses. If your captain seems like a guy to call a paniced vote in the middle of an emergency, go to another boat or look for another captain. If members of your crew can’t make it to the wheelhouse without taking a breather on each level, get new crew because they will be a liability when it is the most important. Another story of dumbasses at sea causing unnecessary deaths is the jack-up Trinity II, same type of tragic comedy. Idiot shipmates can be fun, nice guys that everyone loves but being at sea, you are putting your life in their hands.