I remember watching Deadliest Catch and seeing Sig Hanson getting a call from another captain to tell him that the Destination had sank. Sig was good friends with Jeff, the captain of the Destination, and the news completely destroyed him. It was heartbreaking.

I couldn't stop crying when I saw Captain Sig crying. Men are allowed to cry, it's better than bottling them up. Bless you.

I remember watching the episode when Sig got the news about the crab fishing vessel Destination. It was truly sad to see him he looked like he totally wanted to loose it on camera. But he kept it in but you could tell that he was hurting bad. It was a truly sad moment that I'll never forget. I've watched this show on TV since the beginning and it was like someone close to was lost forever. So I'll end this with a God Bless all of the men and women that do that job for a living.I pray that all of you make it home safely every time.

“The destinations last known..” the worst thing you could hear about a vessel your friend is on.

As is always the case, there is more to the story. The NTSB report discusses the lack of a current stability analysis and ballast considerations as well as the icing. The vessel was modified in the 90's and again in the early 2000's adding 3,500 pounds of steel which equal 5 pots. The added bait (beyond the normal bait load) taken on in Dutch equaled another 20 pots. There was also the fact the the actual pots on board weighed 840 pounds, 140 pounds more than the weight used in the stability report which would equal another 28,000 pounds or the equivalent of another 40 pots. So out of the gate, the boat was carrying 65 pots more than the initial stability report authorized when the skipper thought he was carrying 24 less. A effective net increase of 89 pots more than the crew thought they had. That alone was enough to cause problems in a rough seaway, let alone heavy icing conditions. Then if the icing caused the freeing ports to become blocked water would stay on deck and start to flood the stern tank adding to the free surface effect. Lastly, if the freeboard was compromised, down-flooding into the house would have been the final nail in her coffin. Bottom line is the the boat was loaded past her stability limits. If she had been able to make the transit to St. Paul in good weather and fair seas she would have most likely survived. The added pot load and ice was just too much for her already over burdened hull. NTSB REPORT: www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1814.pdf Many will want to place blame somewhere - in the final analysis it rests with me as the master of the vessel. It is my decision whether the boat leaves the dock. It is my decision to put her in harms way with the elements. It is my decision as to how she is loaded. One of the most common phrases we in the maritime community hear is 'the prudent mariner'. The prudent mariner will according to the international maritime bureau, walk on water without getting his feet wet. All is great in theory but in the real world with schedules to meet, fish to be caught, bills to pay and families to feed, sometimes that prudence can wear thin. Not condoning anything. Not blaming anyone. I was not there and I do not know all.

I am a retired Soldier. I worked with the USCG on a couple occassions.. USCG are very professional members of the armed forces. Very unrated. These men and women are awesome professionals. God bless them

Just watching the ROV footage, when they find the hull, and your heart just drops out. And it only gets worse when the camera pans over the name, and you know that yeah, it's the Destination.

Sorry for the loss of the crew an Captain of the Fishing Vessel Destiny.... Rest In Paradise beautiful souls!!

RIP, Crew of the Destination. Sending hugs to their family and friends may they find peace

I used to crab and my least favorite part by far was having to knock ice off the boat... sometimes it was never ending. You'd start at the bow and by the time you reached the stern the bow was already icing up and you'd have to start all over... that was hell. Forgetting to tie the fridge door shut and having to clean up an entire fridge worth of food & drink after the vessel rolled hard was also pretty crappy. I only let that happen once!

Incredible shot of the crab pots with ice completely through them. As an Aussie it's hard to imagine how cold it gets up there.

RIP Jeff and the Destination crew. 🙏🏻♥️

I grew up on a fishing boats I've lost many friends that never came home. The ocean can be peaceful and beautiful. Then minutes later the sea turns into a roaring monster. Any person that goes to sea for a living are some of the bravest souls on earth.

My dad sandblasted the destination when he worked at vic ship

A very tragic story. Her home port deserves a memorial in honor of these brave fishermen.

Imagine being in bed, and then suddenly you're in freezing water gasping and trying to get out. Absolutely nightmarish 😮 I remember watching this as it happened. Poor captain Stig Haanson was so distraught that he had to go home and take some time off. Horrible time. Rip to the crew of the Destination. 🚢

Deadliest Catch, most hardcore, tough crazy jobs in the world done by warriors. But after seeing them when a loss happens you know they are all heart and thats why we love them. RIP

I couldn't even imagine. Even if they were all awake and alert there's nothing you can do. RIP to all crew

So very sad happy they were able to find the vessel though. It's almost been 31 years and they are yet to fine the andrea gail a swordfish vessel that sank back in 1991. Happy the families have a bit of closure knowing what happened.

Over the years of watching this show you think you've seen it all & you hear the stories of tragedies of years past.. But never was their a ship gone in a instant where no radio mayday or any type of call for help was sent. This was truly a here one minute and gone the next. No warnings or anything. I remember watching Sig Hansen get emotional knowing this ship went down and he lost a good friend. The show really earns its name Deadliest Catch for a reason. Everytime they go out to sea 🌊 there is no guarantee that they will be coming home safely to their families and that's a scary realization for families & friends & fans to deal with... What they do is no joke. This is one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet year after year season after season.

How very sad for the families to lose their loved ones. My heart goes out to all those involved with this loss. May your loved ones rest in peace. And those left behind find new hope and peace as well. God and your loved ones are still with you.

I remember this being showcased on an early season of deadliest catch.

Also for the fact that no sos was made by the destination also shows it went down so fast!

Crabbing the Bearing sea used to be the most dangerous job ever. Now it's right behind being a security guard at Walgreens in San Francisco.

Rip my Brothers you are always in my Heart we know the Risk every time we head out to sea but it doesn't make this any easier we lost 6 amazing guys 7yrs ago and it feels like yesterday for me they were friends of mine

I used to watch this show with my parents before they passed away. We all were fascinated with how these guys work in such dangerous conditions.

May God Bless everyone and the families involved in this terrible tragedy.

I have sailed the Bering Sea in weather like that when I was in the USN. Imagine standing watch in that weather? Normally the lookouts stood watch in 4 hour shifts. Even in the best foul weather gear we had wasn’t enough for that long. They would cycle guys through on 1 hour off/on. The guy coming in after an hour looked like a frosted statue. So stiff he couldn’t bend his arms.

I couldn’t imagine what these fellas gone through. The crew sleeping too?! Damn… I’m sure as they were tossed off their beds wondering WTF and then realizing they’ve capsized, their goodbyes to one another had to have been the saddest part. Rest easy Cap’n and crew

I thought they were 3x's overloaded with Crab? And they were heading to the processor? So it was the weight of the Ice from Sea spray and the weight of all their gear/pots that overloaded the boat? That's got to be awful to sink before you even dropped a pot...

Rest in peace guys brave young fishermen putting their lives on the line to take care of family

It must have been so frightening for them. It has always been my biggest fear, to be on a sinking ship in the middle of nowhere. Mother Nature can’t be tamed or predicted, she does what she has always done and will continue to do so until the end of time. RIP Destination with captain and crew 🙏🏻

The story on the Scandies Rose was the same , ice build up , heavy seas , high wind . While the boat was listing 20-25 degrees to starboard with the 50 knot winds blowing from the starboard side , decievingly the wind was keeping the Scandies from listing even more , the wind was giving the captain a crutch . The captain decided to seek shelter and turned toward the island , when the boat came around the wind was blowing from the port , instantly rolling the boat over. Had the captain realized the 50 knot winds was the variable that was keeping his boat from rolling.....well who knows. If he didn't turn before letting his entire crew get into the survival suits and on deck ..... Well who knows.

Very sad . Rest in peace to the crew

my heart gies to the crew and all rhe crea family i uave beennip there and i know what its like my condolences my love and my prayers go to the families my heart is heavy

So sad I know that boat and the owner Buddy Bernstein. Larry was the captain. And that boat was not from Seattle it was a Sand Point Alaska boat.

Rest in peace all lost at sea!This is so incredibly sad😢

Just watched the perfect storm that's crazy R.I.P TO ALL OF THEM

What a heart breaking nightmare.

You cld feel the pain Sig had getting that call....😔... Absolutely broken 💔🙏

Hard to understand how a Captain with that experience simply ignores the ice buildup? I think there was more at play then simply ice accumulation?

This actually is replaying on TV right now & it reminded me of when it happened but then I never heard anything else as for what the cause was.

Thanks for posting what happened with the icing.

Bless those on small ships in great Seas !

God bless those dudes!

That was its final destination RIP guys 🙏

Any time you lose someone. That’s just trying support their family. It hits home hard. I also work on boat. But on the inland waterways Ohio, Mississippi River. And I know it’s nothing like Bering Sea. But we also have tragedies over the years. Crew lost and boats went down. I feel for their families. And any maritime member lost their lives. Rip to the Crew and others before.

At least they didn't suffer long in the freezing water.

I've thought for many years they should have anti freezing abilities built into the crab boats to help keep the freezing spray down. They really need to invent something.

Very sad, very tough job!!

I haven't watched this show in years.... geesh R.I.P to the crew I feel on water or air thats something you can't control and a sad way to loose your life

I was in the storm as a nmfs fishing observer that night of the storm. I remember my captain telling me it sank.

The engines use sea water for cooling. Wonder why no one has installed a bypass, routing a hose to the deck to use for melting the ice.

I’ve always wondered why they can’t fish through the spring and summer vs the winter

You would think they would know about the icing ? I still think there was more to this…

This is high production value but you're lacking content. It took 8 minutes a doctor and a scientist to tell us they sank because of ice.

I was going to say so what they all overload. The Korean student ferry overloaded every day but the Cap let a rook perform a 15 degree turn when the max was 5. Caps get tired and blink all the time. Like a trucker falling asleep at the wheel.

So sad, especially since there's a chance this could've been prevented. 💔😥 I'm thinking, freezing spray in the forecast? No sleep til the ice is chipped off.

I’m amazed how small these boats are

I hope there is an episode on the boat scandies rose

300,000 lbs of ice accumulation in a matter of a few hours. wow. that's absolutely mind-blowing.

This is interesting I first herd of this from Deadliest Catch captain Sig Hansen got a call that his buddy Jeff’s boat The Destination sunk

Always have a crew awake to knock off excessive ice buildup. Or install heat tape around the boat, not aure why they don't?

If it's feasible, maybe covering the crab pots so they don't ice inside would help. Also, since these computer icing models exist, there should be a realtime program to calculate a boat's ice conditions and a warning when ice needs to be removed ,and how to change course to avoid peak ice buildup. RIP!

I have to ask why such an experienced captain would allow his boat to be so weighed down by ice.

I remember that day, My wife's, godmother's son was on that boat

Same exact thing happened to the Scandies Rose

All the color drained from Sig’s face when he got that awful call.

One sails only by the Sea's good graces..,

Does any one know if after this they started changing anything to make it safer?

Horrible death.

I just ran across this video a few days ago and let me start off by saying ; this was / is so sad that they lost their lives. I've watched some episodes of " DC" here and there over the years ( but not all of them ) I remember hearing about this a couple years ago and I was like WOW! But it wasn't until maybe a month ago when I actually saw the episode on tv late one night & I was like OMG. So I started reading about it and ran across this video and a video of the investigator from the Coast Guard giving the report and was stated that there were different elements that played the part of The Destination sinking. But something there was said that stood out ; it was over loaded for its structure stability. Why was those extra pots on there , that was the captains call. Are the FV's not looked over before the FV can go out to fish /crab or whatever? Who's responsibility is it to make sure that its not. I saw someone say here in the comments that on another episode one of the other captains would have his crew chip off the ice ; why wasn't this done on The Destination. I saw a similar situation happened on another FV that was on " DC" where the FV was overloaded with extra pots that was above what the CC stated said it should've been. Also saw where someone said one of the other captains didn't like for the coast guard to board their vessel ; really... They are there to help & do a job , give you info where you and your crew will be safe . This is truly truly sad . Some of the Captains on that show saying " they dont like for or when the coast guard or like when they board their vessel ; hope they keep that same energy if they ever have to come save them . Adding those extra pots was not worth the outcome, captain decision. 🙏🏾

Due to no survival suits, and life raft deployment it must have happened extremely quick nature can be very cruel rest in peace

That wife knows whats shes talking about. If it was a bit overloaded then iced up it likely just got hit my too big of a wave and tipped it, once it wasnt level it would have been a challenge to get out

what makes things worse, is that the coast guard cant fly in conditions like this.

In emergency, the pots should have a quick release mechanism to save the ship from iceing

They never stood a chance . Those poor men trapped below deck that had to drown with out a chance to even fight

I have great respect for men of the sea. Abba Bless.

I was a Trawlerman for years the sea is beautiful but she is a cruel. Mistress

RIP 🙏

I guess the moral of the story is to start ditching crab pots when too much ice is accumulating. The captian has to make that call obviously.

Why aren’t the crab pots tarped until ready to be launched ?

how do they normally combat the ice, seems like this would happen all the time and take many vessels out ? Do some pots boats have electric heating elements to melt this condition off....probably costing an arm and a leg to do a melt off? They spray planes down to prevent this, but crabs probably don't get along with Propylene Glycol / Ethylene Glycol.

Ultimately the captains have a responsibility to safeguard their crew. Which means having the knowledge & ability to operate in a safe manner. In the last 2 sinkings it was not the weather that killed these men, but owner& or captains not knowing or not following procedures for maintaining stability.

With the name of the show, this disaster seems like the footage they would inevitably film and profit from. It’s really sad.

Yeah this is one of the many many reasons I don't go on ships of any kind sure things like that may hardly ever happen but you cannot guarantee it will never happen if I happen to get on a ship.... but if I don't ever get on a ship I can guarantee it won't ever happen

I hate deep dark water like this, its so creepy and what a terrible way to die but what is disturbing is the lady at the end smiling about it like her ex husband was on board.

As an Engineer, how about running the cooling water from the engines to a spray unit to melt the ice in those situations??

Why do they go out in bad weather like that so sad 😢

Just wondering would captain or crew not see this progressively happening ?

1 of the reasons why Sig kicked his daughter off his boat since it was her, her husband on board and they had a baby. She let ice accumulate during a storm for an hr before she ran down and woke him, He had to hurry up and toss his pots overboard.

Sucks, but sounds like the experienced Capt. made a rookie mistake...

What are the odds the bodies are still inside the boat preserved by frigid water temps?

R.I.P. you were only trying to make a living.

Sad

God bless

What happened?😢😢😢😢

R.I.P Destiny captain and crew ⚘

I don't think they would be using the wheel.

Thats assuming the crew didnt do any de-icing.