What is it with sailors...

[Nebe]

Natural selection at work. My dad rescued 2 Russians on a sinking sloop last year with zero safety gear. Only a hand held VHF. People are idiots.
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[Mr. Sandman]

I use to think it was about money...but now I don't believe it is a money thing...not for people with 120' boats or those delivering boats to distant wintering grounds. Most of these people have plenty of money. I believe it is an arrogance thing...no one thinks it will happen to them.

It is a money thing for the guy in a 22' CC with a single outboard who stuffs a fuel bladder on deck and attempts to run 180miles offshore to catch a fish... you know the type...his fishing real cost more than all the safety gear he has on board combined. Equally foolish however.

Anything can happen out there even to those who are fully geared up...and it is impossible to prepare for all events but when common sense is dismissed that is when you better stay on land.

Who in there right mind would go out to the high seas without communications? With today's tech, you can even rent a sat phone by the month. I've ordered one for my boat and I have no plans to venture more than 100 miles from land. Even that boat in the Antartic..they had to send them a sat phone on the CRUISE SHIP! WTF??? That capt should be hung by the yardarm IMO.

I read that first article and said...I am saddened to hear this guy died but these guys were stupid to even leave the dock. Did they ever do a safety check before a voyage like this?

[likwid]

The Coast Guard says a three-masted sailing vessel built in Maine to accommodate people with disabilities has sunk 120 miles southeast off Nantucket.

non-profit with no money.

what is it with all the jackoffs on stellwagon in boats that have no business being there?

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by likwid

non-profit with no money.

what is it with all the jackoffs on stellwagon in boats that have no business being there?

Being broke doesn't excuse stupidity.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Being broke doesn't excuse stupidity.

Neither do good intentions or greed or anything else.

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by likwid

non-profit with no money.

what is it with all the jackoffs on stellwagon in boats that have no business being there?

The Zodiac trolling 50s in 4-6s last year comes to mind.

Stellwagen and Race Point are like a micro-climate. It can be sunny and beautiful with 1 ft seas 5 miles away and it's raging at SWC and RP.

We sold our 22 cc and moved up to the Nauset after too many times of near death supercells coming back to Green Harbor from the SWC.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Typhoon

We sold our 22 cc and moved up to the Nauset after too many times of near death supercells coming back to Green Harbor from the SWC.

They're not any more fun in the Carribean with 140 feet of waterline under you.

[Mr. Sandman]

One sloppy summer afternoon between CH and Gay Head my son asked me "whats that?" what what? "keep looking, there is a guy over there who popped up in the waves." Soon I saw a guy in a yak battling the waves, it was rough and blowin 25-30 and the current was crankin. I approached him and asked if he needed a hand. "No he said...I am OK." I said, you don't look OK, you sure?, its a long paddle back in", "No, I am fine, thanks"....I let him be and headed in. Who knows what happened after that. He did have a life vest on though.