Release of evidence dredges up dark memories for Bounty shipwreck survivor . The owners chose to license the ship as an uninspected passenger vessel , a classification described by experts at the hearing as a `` regulatory no man 's land . '' Coast Guard : Management and crew failed to exercise ` ` proper responsibility , judgment '' The half - century old , 180-foot wooden sailing ship sank in Sandy in Hurricane Sandy . An inexperienced deckhand died and the captain 's body was never recovered ; 14 crew perished .
Release of evidence dredges up dark memories for Bounty shipwreck survivor . Coast Guard : Management and crew failed to exercise ` ` proper responsibility , judgment '' The half - century old , 180-foot wooden sailing ship sank in Sandy in Hurricane Sandy . An inexperienced deckhand died and the captain 's body was never recovered ; 14 crew perished .