"You can't just take off on a wild goose chase when you don't have your co-ordinates," he argued. "There's got to be some management there."
One of the deckhands also testified that Callaghan either turned off the radio or turned down its volume so he would not have to listen to the calls. Asked during cross-examination, the former captain offered three different answers.
"I might have turned it down a touch if it was too loud, but enough that I could hear it," Callaghan told CBC News this week.
According to the decision, the second mayday call, at 8:33 a.m., relayed the co-ordinates of the Knot a Chance.
I hope he continues to make noise about it so more people see what an inept prick this guy is.