This separation occurred some time after the principal initial athwartships brittle fracture located just aft of the grain-loading port coaming. |
Sitting up on the coaming, spring sun in our eyes, the thrumming of the sail above us, we were as happy as the coots and grebes fossicking around in the reeds. |
The engine compartment extends aft and has a raised coaming above the well deck to the height of the bulwarks. |
During the events culminating in the sinking of the vessel, the hatch covers lifted off the coaming leaving the hold open. |
Drucker's seat belt broke and his forehead slammed into the uncushioned coaming at the bottom of the windshield frame. |
Access to the fish holds is through aluminum hatch covers fitted to the raised coaming above the fish holds. |