Many of us are familiar with Erik Wood's and Dave Brown's theories, and I've been fortunate enough to meet both men and discuss their theories with them. It's important for everyone here to remember, though, that both men have come up with *theories* instead of with *proven scenarios* and that many of their contentions are only backed up by mere *supposition* (such as Dave's theory that Titanic saw the icefield a few minutes prior to 11:40 and made a 22 degree turn to port before the fatal iceberg even came into view.) I don't know of a single serious researcher who subscribes to that theory except for Dave and Erik themselves (although they're certainly welcome to their own opinions.)

A few of the contentions in Erik's article can easily be shown to be inaccurate, too, such as his apparent belief that Bulkhead D collapsed at 12:45 a.m. I'm unaware of *any* survivor testimony that places the collapse of bulkhead D at 12:45 a.m. Instead, careful examination of survivor testimony demonstrates that the collapse of bulkhead D occurred just a few minutes before lifeboat #13 left the ship. Bill Wormstedt's website (the same one that contains Erik's article) also contains a revised lifeboat launch schedule which demonstrates that boat 13 left the ship much closer to 1:30 a.m. than to 12:45 a.m. -- which of course means that any sinking scenario that is based on a 12:45 a.m. collapse of bulkhead D is fundamentally flawed.

In other words, it pays to know the historical facts before investing too much time and effort in promoting a particular theory about the sinking of the Titanic