2, 2019, when it caught fire before dawn on the last day of a three-day excursion, sinking less than 100 feet from shore. The 75-foot boat was anchored off the Channel Islands, about 25 miles south of Santa Barbara, on Sept. 'The past four years have been like living in a nightmare that you don't wake up from,' said Kathleen McIlvain, whose 44-year-old son Charles was killed. They say a judge's ruling that their loved ones should not be called 'victims' at trial has only added to their pain. It's been a long, frustrating wait for the families of those who perished.
At the time of the fire, no owner, operator or charterer had been cited or fined for failure to post a roving patrol since 1991, Coast Guard records showed.Those on board included a new deckhand who'd landed her dream job and an environmental scientist who did research in Antarctica.
2, 2019, when it caught fire before dawn on the last day of a three-day excursion