Kai Hamik, 29, was a crew member aboard the F/V Destination when the vessel sank about 4.4 nautical miles northwest of St. George Island, Alaska, on February 11, 2017. He and five crewmates disappeared into the Bering Sea when the boat capsized without issuing a mayday; an emergency beacon alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, but rescue teams found only debris and an oil sheen.

Investigators later located the wreck on the seafloor in July 2017. Official inquiries by the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board concluded the sinking resulted from multiple factors: proceeding in heavy freezing spray that caused an estimated 340,000 pounds of ice accumulation, the weight of about 200 crab pots, probable crew fatigue, an overloaded vessel, and a possibly open hatch that allowed rapid flooding. The reports described the loss as preventable and spurred voluntary stability checks across the fleet.

Does anyone have personal knowledge of Kai Hamik, the Destination, or the conditions aboard vessels operating out of Dutch Harbor around that time?