The boat had leaky hatches.
But... It wasn't the deckhand's fault.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/11/into-the-deep-one-mans-descent-to-the-edmund-fitzgerald.html
From a few years ago, but still, they always find new ways when avarice is present! Prices are through roof with everything, just gonna make the cheats get more creative...
FWIW. We are in an age when standards are being thrown out the window. I wouldn't trust any past norm to hold true anymore. Everything is being interrupted.