If there was no power, how could he have reversed?
BTW
I was told that he couldn’t drop the anchor because that function requires power, also.
Makes sense.
The anchor wouldn’t make much difference. Maybe make the loss of control worse. Catch something solid and you snap the cable or rip out a chunk of the ship. Would likely just slide along the bottom / through any mud / silt present. In fact, the line to it appears to have gone more vertical in the last 24 hours or so.
Now, if this was a terrorist attack, I’d expect Bite Me to be playing it up big time. It’d make a great black swan event for his Admin., not involving terrorism via illegal aliens.
Good (and some new) info. here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjK6sqQyDA
Mud bottom, significant breeze. Initial impact was likely a bit under 8 knots.
Still hoping for black box info. today.