and the boat will not be able to evacuate it s own water in the hole. there has been a couple nay sayers saying there is back up systems, batteries, they re electric driven, these particular vessels are not like a regular boat. they are mechanically driven. the pump in the center of the ship is driveen through a drive shaft and a transfer case. it is an unfortunate chain of events that happened here. there is an issue with jurisdiction and who was responsible for it. it is split between the land side, the d.o.t., and the coast guard, explain. yeah, you re absolutely right with that. you know there is a huge disconnect between the coast guard and the department of transportation. if anything can come out of this