Ken Kurtis
Contributor
The article is wrong. In the original testimony and the NTSB report, they re-boarded the burning boat from the stern but couldn't access the galley/salon or the bunkroom because of the fire.
(EDIT/ADD) From the NTSB report, executive summary, page vi: "Two crewmembers swam to the stern, re-boarded the vessel, and found the access to the salon through the aft corridor was also blocked by fire, so, along with the captain who also had swum to the stern, they launched the vessel’s skiff and picked up the remaining two crewmembers in the water."
