…….. As is often the case, if one or more of the cited risk factors had been mitigated due to better risk management, the incident might have been prevented or the consequences might have been less severe. One is left to ponder whether maintenance on the hatch covers while in port would have prevented water from entering the cargo hold or delayed it sufficiently for the crew to survive. If the freeboard had not been reduced, how much less water would have crossed the deck and into the holds and how much less force would have been applied to the radar equipment?