Did the officials hire anyone to maintain the vessel and check it every day?
Either they didn't have someone on duty or the person on duty was negligent.
"Officials at the center" have to answer questions.
This shouldn't have happened.
Looks like the 4-8 watch fell asleep. No bilge level alarms? Or was it instantaneous sea level rise due to glow bull bull.
“Did the officials hire anyone to maintain the vessel and check it every day? “
Non-essential job.
It's docked at the Ocean Institute (OI) in Dana Point, CA.
Normally, the staff are there 7-days a week. There are volunteers there every weekend maintaining both The Pilgrim and The Spirit of Dana Point.
There's no need for a 24-hour watch because no one sleeps aboard the Pilgrim.
That said, with the current Kung Flu pandemic, the OI has been closed. Not sure how they're handling keeping an eye on the tall ships.