Vessel in Sinking Declared Seaworthy

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PORTLAND - Was the wooden fishing vessel Sirius seaworthy when it sank four years ago, 60 miles off the coast of Rockland?

Port Clyde fisherman Gary Thorbjornson perished when the boat sank, and his widow and the two surviving crew members - including Thorbjornson's son - sued the owner of the boat for alleged negligence and unseaworthiness.

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Vessel in Sinking Declared Seaworthy

At least $400,000 in damages hung in the balance.

On Friday, a federal jury in Portland ruled after a three-day trial that the boat was shipshape when it went down, finding in favor of the owners of th...

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