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Former skipper of Arctic Rose perplexed by boat's sinking
Thursday, June 14, 2001
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
When Jim Kelly heard the Arctic Rose had sunk in the Bering Sea with 15 men aboard, his first thought was that the boat had gone down in heavy weather.
"She was a long way from anywhere to hide, and she was a little bitty boat," Kelly told the Marine Board of Investigations. The board convened a hearing this week on the 92-foot trawler's April 2 sinking.
Kelly, who had skippered the Arctic Rose from January to April 2000, said he didn't know what to think when he learned the end had come in relative calm seas.
He has wondered about hatches that might have been left unsecured, about the boat possibly being "hit by something" and other scenarios.
But he said he hasn't come up with anything that would explain the lack of a mayday call.
Answers may be found if investigators can get a look at the vessel, Kelly said. Coast Guard Capt. Ronald Morris has said he is working to arrange that, using a camera-equipped submersible.
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