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charlene · 04-02-2010, 09:35 PM

The issue of the insurance company was brought up in the show the other night. I'll have to check the tape to see what exactly was said.
The ship was holding more cargo than it should have so was sitting too deep in the water, so when the storm/rogue wave came it had no chance. Perhaps if it hadn't been overloaded it would have survived. More cargo being shipped in one trip meant more profit and it was done for quite some time with the Fitz apparently. She was built for the Superior storms when holding a specific amount of cargo but profits meant more so she was significantly overloaded.

04-02-2010, 09:35 PM	#20
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: The Edmund Fitzgerald's legend lives on … but with a major change The issue of the insurance company was brought up in the show the other night. I'll have to check the tape to see what exactly was said. The ship was holding more cargo than it should have so was sitting too deep in the water, so when the storm/rogue wave came it had no chance. Perhaps if it hadn't been overloaded it would have survived. More cargo being shipped in one trip meant more profit and it was done for quite some time with the Fitz apparently. She was built for the Superior storms when holding a specific amount of cargo but profits meant more so she was significantly overloaded.