Cruise tragedy raises questions of design

YOU DO not go cruising to be smashed up by heavy weather and the truly horrible death of two passengers after a window was stoved in by a heavy sea coming aboard the Louis Majesty is a matter for both sorrow and sympathy.

The ship was a sizeable vessel, even if she was not one of the giants and the Mediterranean is not the North Atlantic with huge waves rather rarer, but the tragedy was a reminder that the sea is always potentially...

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