[VOA]

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No specialists were brought in to inspect the damage, and no annual
surveys of the boat were done, said officials at A&M-Galveston,
home to the boat.
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Mechanics and maintainance ain’t the forte of lots of academia.
I’m not a boater, but this sure makes it sound like they tempted fate.

[Ready4Freddy]

This wasn't 'academia' as in theory in ivory towers, VOA, TAMUG is a maritime college. If they don't know mechanics and maintenance, no one does.

And this was the sailing team, the officers ought to know what shape their boats are in.

Mechanics and maintainance ain’t the forte of lots of academia. I’m not a boater, but this sure makes it sound like they tempted fate.