I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers.
I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers.
Yes, if this is the boat there were fifty people on board, it would appear to be overloaded.
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I think you are right, Hair, in the pic of it in post #48, Ethan Allen looks like she might be kind of unstable. I don't doubt that with a full complement of passengers, she was overloaded. I'm still very curious to find out what exactly went wrong, how close the offending other boat passed her at what speed, etc.
...keel side down.
The picture of that boat and with 47 passengers and a crew of ?? looks like an accident waiting to happen to me! It wouldn't take much rocking to cause a real problem .. my opinion.
Sad to hear about the deaths of so many on what should have been a happy experience.
Nana
"I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers."
I can imagine some greedy type putting in 8 rows of benches seating 3 on either side of an aisle.
Another problem is this craft has a very high center of gravity and if they put glass on the sides, there are certainly some design issues since this would really trap the passengers in were it to roll.
got a bow shot?
Looking at that photo. Makes me think with 50 people on board. Had the same problem as this boat did.
Eastland Disaster Historical Society
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To much weight top side & Too high.