Riding The Wave

[c_amos]

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......

[ebb]

You're right I betcha,
if the tide was going out, he may have been trying to find the counter current!

[commanderpete]

Class 5 rapids

Cool

[Theis]

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.

[Mike Goodwin]

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.

I was gald to see the complete sequence of events , 113 photos didn't take long to veiw for me .

[Theis]

Maybe it took a long time because of the transmission speed. Here in northern Illinois we just got SBC's latest of what SBC considers a broadband offering - it seems like 1200 baud (but hey, no complaints. It is better than 300 baud). A bunch of retards.

Just kidding - but broadband is not being promoted (or available) in the area. If you want to be third world, we have to give up something, Right? After all, isn't that privilege what our exhorbitant property taxes pay for? And in South Korea their broadband is 20 meg, over ten times the US T1 broadband. I wonder how much they hav to pay for taxes.

[eric (deceased)]

it appeared to me as if the boat was headed somewhat down wind.if steering was lost weather helm would have weather vaned the boat into luffing

[French]

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..

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Looks like the boat would have stayed up if they had not gotten on it

[eric (deceased)]

that boat would have stayed afloat if they never got in it at all that day

[Mike Goodwin]

I think the guy in the yellow foulies was glad they came over and got him out after riding the it out in the cabin!!