Frozen, Dark & Far From Help: The Loss of FV Scandies Rose

*Correction to a misspelling in the ending tribute; The Captain's Son, David Leigh Cobban
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I am the friend Gary (Captain Cobban) was talking to in North Carolina 2 hours before the mayday. Thank you for your interest in, and work on, this this project. I’ve read all the reports, watched the hearings, heard the behind the scenes discussions and in my estimation you did a superb job of laying it out accurately. Your illustrations help me better understand how everything happened. Thank you for your good work.

As a former serviceman I know the Coast Guard gets crapped on a lot but those rescue swimmers are some of the bravest guys on Earth in my opinion. God bless them for having the balls to risk their own lives in such horrible conditions to save others.

Wow, not too often you hear a story where everything was reasonable. Ship in good condition, safety oriented captain, experienced crew, good communication, back plans for back up plans, just bad luck

One of the 2 survivors died in a motorcycle crash last year. I really feel for the last guy left. I hope he’s getting the support he needs. I can’t imagine how he must feel with the only other he could relate to about that night being gone.

The captain's son wouldn't leave his father's side after he fell, that really tears at the heart strings, at least they were together in their last moments, and it shows the love they had for one another. We need more people of such character in today's world.

I was at the engine room controls of the coast guard cutter mellon in the bearing sea when the call came out, we came up on both turbines and steamed fast in their direction but could not make good time with how bad the seas were, it was a rough ride to say the least. I'll never forget that night. RIP to those lost.

I don’t think the heroics of the coast guard can be overstated. For all intents and purposes that rescue mission the helicopter flew was dangerously close to a suicide mission, yet they went without hesitation and saved two lives. I remember watching deadliest catch when this happened; the captains were terribly shaken that such a well built and captained vessel could go down. Very well done doc about a horribly tragic event. God rest those souls

The captain couldn't have known that the EPIRB would fail to trigger, but his heroism in risking his life to stay and place a mayday call while his crew donned survival suits is what really stuck with me about this story. Because of that mayday call and the heroism of the Coast Guard, this tragedy resulted in many safety recommendations that may save lives in the future. RIP to all those lost.

I can’t imagine what the captain’s son was going through when his dad fell. My dad means the world to me and I don’t think I could have left him there either. Rest In Peace to all the victims, and especially to the son who refused to leave his father to die alone.

My dad was lost in the sinking of the Pacific Surf in 1977. My mom and I saw him off on that trip at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. I go down to the memorial and visit him often

Just hearing what the coastguard pushed that chopper to knowing that there was a chance to find survivors tells you all you need know about those men. R.I.P.to the ones who lost there lives.

Retired Coast Guardsman here. Your team did a spectacular job of recreating this SAR mission!

Flying a helicopter in icing conditions is hazardous to begin with. The helo's anti-icing capabilities are pretty limited. The flight crew displayed brass balls by flying into the face of that powerful storm on the edge of their fuel limit. I'll bet that not one was thinking of turning back until the job was done. True professionalism!

Please do more incident recreations like this one. Thanks.

I am proud to have known Gary, David, and Brock as competent, hardworking fellow fishermen that kept the Scandies safely maintained, and like the Destination, the tragedy was a complete shock to us all. We miss you guys

Thank you for making an honest detailing of the findings from the Coast Guard and NTSB Marine Investigation. Just a slight correction, My Brother's name is David Leigh Cobban, not David Lee Cobban. Also you are one of the first people I have heard actually say our last name correctly, so thank you for that as well.

This story was really impactful for me in a way I had never really taken the time to think about before. Just out of highschool in 2012 I was on a fishing boat that sank extremely quickly off the alaskan peninsula, to my understanding it was a combination of dry wood from a new renovation and several days of badly angled rough waves that tore off a huge section of the hull. I didn't really think much about it at the time, we all did just as planned and were in the raft with survival suits on within 10 minutes of the first alarm. We got pulled out by a helicopter from kodiak maybe an hour later, we even had the captain's dog with us which the news loved.

It really never bothered me, I wasn't scared at the time and I never thought about it as more than a crazy story to tell. I even went straight from the the dropoff in kodiak back to fishing in chignik for the season. Only recently I've started to think about what had to happen for us all to survive so easily, and what happens here really puts than into perspective. I think the only reason we made it out is that the captain's father in law had taken a vacation to make the trip with us from washington up to alaska, so he had been careful about doing all of the safety drills and going over the new equipment the same week of the accident. He also made the mayday call and ordered us into suits just a few minutes after waking up and seeing the engine room flooding. By the time the raft was inflated and we all made it off the ship the deck was well under water, a few minutes later and it was rolling over.

I spent a long time watching this video just pausing and thinking about how I felt about the situation, and how insanely well we all made off in the end. Hearing about the sub finding the two crew members who suited up and still died in the cabin makes me appreciate my captain's decisions far more.

I find it incomprehensible that other commentators on this tragedy could throw out baseless accusations of drunkenness and suchlike amongst captain and crew. I am a retired Chartered Engineer with 4 decades in offshore oil. To me accuracy and objectivity in these matters are paramount. I appreciate the approach of this channel.

I was on that boat back about 1990. There were four boats tied in a raft as the skippers all had a meeting, all us deck hands and engineers were exploring each others boats. The Scandies Rose was a beautiful boat with teak wood everywhere in the main cabin. I really wanted to work on that boat one day. Life had other plans for me when I left Alaska. Prayers for the crew and their family's.

I worked shipyard on her in 2017 with Gary, David, Brock and my life long friend Art. This was very devastating news for me! Gary was ABSOLUTELY the best! David was the sweetest most innocent man I’ve EVER met even to this day! Brock was truly amazing and unique in a way that only Brock could be!
Art, such a great friend, mentor, fisherman and many other things that I couldn’t possible relate in YouTube comment!
R.I.P. my friends! You are all missed every single day!

I remember seeing the Scandies Rose on Deadliest Catch and even then, thinking "that's a ship whose captain will never let her sink". The tragedy of the Scandies Rose is truly a testament that the saltiest sailor, the most advanced technology, will always succumb to Mother Nature's will and only the bravest of men dare to challenge her. May all the souls lost to the sea rest in peace.