Gardiner points to the length of "Titanic"s sea trials as evidence. "Olympic"s trials in 1911 took two days, including several high-speed runs, but "Titanic"s trials reportedly only lasted for one day, with (Gardiner alleges) no working over half-speed. Gardiner says this was because the patched-up hull could not take any long periods of high speed. Perhaps this was due to the fact that "Titanic" as a nearly identical twin sister of the "Olympic" was expected to handle exactly the same, or perhaps the Board of Trade inspectors were in on the scheme.