posted 12-04-2010 12:15 PM ET (US)        

http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/AdyGil/ Investigation-report-Ady-Gil-Shonan-Maru-Hi-rez.pdf

In particular I found the report interesting for three specifics:

--the ADY GIL did increase its forward speed just prior to the collision, based on interviews with the helmsman;

--the chart plotters from the ADY GIL were unaccountably missing from the gear salvaged from the boat before it sank, however one did mysteriously turn up on a Hobart beach, washed out from the ocean, shortly after the BOB BARKER came to port, and

--the report concludes that neither vessel intended a collision to occur, but the collision was the result of both vessels failing to take proper action to avoid a collision.

I am going to take the somewhat unusual action of immediately closing this thread for further discussion because in the past discussions of this collision at sea have tended to stray from the topic of navigation and seamanship, and instead the discussions have changed course into political topics regarding the people aboard the two vessels and the missions of the two vessels.

The report is a good summary of the incident, and I think readers who have further interest in improving their navigation and seamanship will benefit from reading it.