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Captain Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

LOS ANGELES – The captain of the P/V Conception – a Santa Barbara-based dive boat that caught fire and sank near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member – was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison.

The cost of negligence. 

A serious reminder that seamanship is serious business. All for the lack of a fire watch…..

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