Fortunately,
“Bugger all you can could do” was never a position I was ever in.
They did give warning. No mention of whistle sounding. Doesn’t mean it didn’t.
The nearest situations I can think of. New Orleans. Must have been at least 25 years ago.
So “they did what they could do”
Like as not when all said and done. “All the could have done”
The rest.
Planning and requirements. The Escort Tug is not a new idea.
The Pilots were informed, The Ship was ready for sea with no deficiencies.
It started out a routine run. With an Apprentice.
The Blackout.
The Pilots Advice was no longer going to be affective.
My opinion, The Pilots did pretty much everything the could have done.
The final report will probably find something they missed. I doubt it will be critical. Of the Pilots.
The response to The Blackout is the ships crews area of expertise.
Pilots Advice, Masters Orders.
Not so sure about the crew response. Will wait for the report.
The breaker stuff just doesn’t add up to me. Partly cause I’m deck not engineering.
Its a Preliminary Report. So lots of stuff missing.