11.   Since the vessel had three rotating crews, that likely meant that some crew members on board last weekend had no prior experience at sea.

12.   Small vessels have the advantage of being able to hug the coastline.

13.   Some vessels also have space on their journey from Maine or Boston to Gloucester.

14.   Some vessels would have to provide out-of-the-water flotation for all passengers, others for a certain percentage.

15.   The oxidized red vessel has smooth sides and two lug handles pierced with holes.

16.   The vessels have to unload east or west of the bottleneck.

17.   The vessels have two to nine berths.

18.   Then the vessel would have to surface so the hatch could be opened to replenish the air supply and restoke the fire.

19.   A coast guard vessel had to tow the burning ship away from the wharf.

20.   A spokesman for the Inter Orion Navigation, the Hamburg, Germany-based company that owns the tanker, said the vessel had problems with steering and radar.