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Extent of Bounty's decay questioned
Updated: Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 6:52 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 6:22 PM EST
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - On the third day of the U.S. Coast Guard's hearings into the sinking of the HMS Bounty in October, experts contemplated how seaworthy the Bounty really was.
Todd Kosakowski, the project manager who raised concerns about rotting timbers in the hull of the Bounty told investigators he was worried about the vessel's safety.
"I believe that they could have had an impact on what could have happened with the vessel," Kosakowski said.
Project manager Joe Jakomovicz, who has 40 years of experience, said Kosakowski's analysis is incorrect because Kosawkowski has "five or six years of experience."
Kosakowski worked with the Bounty when it visited Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in 2006 for repairs. He said the decay in the hull of the Bounty was not the worst he has ever seen.
His younger colleague believes the structural integrity of the hull was in question and has second thoughts about the decision of the Bounty's owners to set sail without a certificate of inspection.
"With 20/20 hindsight, it would have been a call to the local Coast Guard," Kosakowski said.
Hearings into the Bounty's sinking continue Friday and are expected to last through Feb. 21.
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