# Helge Ingstad Accident Report

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helge-ingstad-accident-report/53286>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helge-ingstad-accident-report/53286 "2019-11-08T13:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![yacht\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed655f/32.png) [@yacht\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/yacht_sailor)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/helge-ingstad-accident-report/53286/44 "2019-11-13T14:49:46Z")

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This reminds of kids drowning right in front of 50 people at a pool party. When everyone is supposed to be watching something, no one is.  
As far as the deck lights go, it has always annoyed me that ships tend to use deck lights and/or anchor lights that are essentially street lights or at least use the same bulbs. 5 anchored ships between you and a well-lit town looks like a huge mass of street lights and it isn’t always obvious which lights are not on shore. It always gets my guard up.

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