My Favorite Epic Maritime Fails

Success has many parents; failure is an orphan. And so, it has been with ships throughout history. This one-session seminar covers eight tales from the orphanage featuring crazy ideas, lousy design, poor judgement and bad karma on and off the water. These epic fails span the full breadth and depth of “what could possibly go wrong.” This seminar is meant to inform as well as entertain a general audience. It is a slideshow with hundreds of historical images that illustrate the instructor’s personal take on little-known but intriguing events from 200 years of maritime history.

Bill Krol started his professional career working for the US Navy as a shipfitter’s helper at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. After earning naval architecture degrees from Webb Institute and The University of Michigan, he had a 33-year stint as a naval architect and systems engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. Bill is a resident of Portsmouth, RI.