To return to the internet and to find this discussion still ongoing is distressing. To base the quantity of lube oil in the sump on the amount entered in the stability programme is nonsense. One ton, two tons the effect on the ships stability is bloody close to zero and I can not apportion blame on the Engineering Staff.
The voyage data recorder tells me that an autocratic action by the master got an old ship into a predicament where a number incidents led to a tragic result.
I did get cross eyed looking at stability data in feet and inches, the last time I did so I was a lot younger with maybe more neurones. Thank god for the metric system.
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