Wow.
Breaking waves very bad. Things started going south at this point.
Wow.
Breaking waves very bad. Things started going south at this point.
OK sailors!
Maybe lost his steering or something...
But is there ANYTHING they could have done?
Well, other than being somewhere else....
Could have buttoned up the companionway. Wouldn't have sunk
Deploy a sea drogue until they're through the breakers?
Why are they going through breakers anyway? Is that what it's like going under the GG bridge or did they just decide to go on the edge of the channel for some reason??
Last edited by mbd; 04-04-2005 at 07:45 AM.
1 minute before the roll, he was thinking things were gonna be fine.
I admit I have never sailed under the Gate, but I have spent a lot of time up above it on the headlands, looking down and dreaming of sailing.
Not, however, dreaming of that particualr day's sail.
I bet he was trying to get out of the current, and just choose to come in too close. A decision that was not as apparent from the cockpit as it was from the shore until much later.
Glad he had the surfers close by to help push the stern under......
Last edited by c_amos; 04-04-2005 at 07:58 AM. Reason: Edit to add picture of helpful surfers
You're right I betcha,
if the tide was going out, he may have been trying to find the counter current!
Class 5 rapids
Cool
Raises some interesting questions.
Why did everyone, including the surfers jump on the stern of the boat. It seems to me that the added weight in the stern would fill up the cabin and help the boat go down..
Secondly, with all the help that came, a CG heliocopter, the Coast Guard boat, the Police boat, etc., it seems they just came by for a look-see, popped a couple beers, and went on their way.
Soes anyone know if the boat sank ultimately, or how they got it out?
I was disappointed that the photographer insisted on showing every picture he took for the past whatever, rather than editing and pulling out the ones that don't add to the story.
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