Is there a stipulation relative to the sea/weather conditions under which the vessel should operate?

There is no way a sea vessel that size could be legitimately licensed to carry 200 passengers from a safety standpoint. It's like government regulators saying to the business owners/operators of the vessel that all concerned were properly licensed to put the lives of innocent people in peril and therefore no one need be concerned about the consequences of any wrong doing that resulted in the tragic loss of life..

Berne Wright should have kept his big mouth shut and not been so eager to offer protection to either the vessel's business owners/operators, the captain of the vessel, or the regulators responsible for ensuring the vessel was properly inspected and licensed as being safe for its intended use and for such a large number of passengers.

I thought the same of Superintendent Skippings' comments, she immediately surmised "*this is due to bad weather*". If that were the case you would have heard about numerous vessels, operating normally, on the water but experiencing difficulties. The second oddity (from earlier reporting) was the reported response of the crew, it was almost comical, something youd expect to have seen on Airplane the Movie, "*one crew member ran upstairs hysterical and grabbed a life vest (for herself)*", noone should have been characterizing anything over those minutes as "normal"

The facts speak for themselves.

Our idea of regulation is sub-standard. Our requiremnts to licence a captain are clearly sub-standard.

Our regulators are clearly sub-standard.

I have learned the hard way that you must set your bar very low living I. The Bahamas , or otherwisw, die of stress. Don't expect too much from any entity , and you will be just fine.

"*Lt Cdr Wright said while this may become apparent as investigations continue, staff conduct is a matter for the company and its internal operating procedures. He suggested existing laws and regulations do not cover this.*"

I saw a video of the sinking on cnn.com, hopefully they dont start reporting on the statements from our officials, because **we sound like morons.**

**How can a spokesman from a govt regulatory body say how a commercial sea vessel choses to train staff to handle passenger safety in an emergency is an internal matter???** "*existing laws do mot cover this*" of course not, our MPs too busy making sure their christmas billboards get put up

The PM calling Sam Bankman asking for advice for his son, Sam being asked to release money to Bahamians first by "*somebody*", An MP accused of rape sitting in the House of Parliament for almost 3months while the police try to first get the accuser to sign a document not to press charges, then run round the mulberry bush trying to determine how not to press charges, another sitting MP hanging out 250k in contracts to paint a water tank, another sitting MP saying handing out contracts at Beaches and Parks to supporters, everybody knows how this works (no we dont all know, we did suspect corruption though), Christina Rolle frantically emailing Sam Bankman after the rumours of a reported collapse of FTX was reported outside the Bahamas trying to find out how many clients he had, another sitting minister stating in a public trial that he had no issue with nepotism then asking about lunch.

We just sound like a bunch of dummies.