Mike - I don't know if the two situations are comparable. The crude ship has to face weather all of the time, the crew lives on the ship so their lives aren't inconvenienced, and the company has to pay. It's a cost of doing business.

The gambling boat advertises a six hour cruise, so people depend on this for their entertainment. They don't plan on spending all night at sea. I found out later that several people were rescued by the Coast Guard because they needed their insulin medication. And what about people who had to miss work because of this? They didn't even supply a phone to call home. The boat had been stuck at sea twice in the last few weeks, so the least they could have done is let the passengers know about this possibility before leaving the dock. There's boilerplate language on the ticket about weather in fine print, but if I knew there was a real possibility that I would be out all night I would have waited for another time.

I know there are more important things in this world to worry about, but I still am upset at the way they treated their passengers.