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Originally Posted by camaraderie
These were experienced sailors so one would assume that they had done their homework on weather given the time of year and the north atlantic.
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Originally Posted by bubb2
Cam, We can't 2sd guess a seasoned Capt. and a well found boat.
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Cam and Bubb,
These kinds of statements are what I'm talking about. They are truly perplexing in light of the starting place of judgement for other SAR events we've discussed. I'm just saying this kind of sentiment is not at all objective. Will the USCG (or other maritime orgs) begin investigations of such incidents with this kind of initial bias? I certainly wouldn't think so. But I'd love to hear from a coastie about that if there are any around here.
Another specific example is in Skip A's story. As a newbie, I've read here in many places that tethering to a rail is a very bad idea. Jody got a bit of the old dressing down for that one. Yet Skip did so in a serious storm according to his ship's log.
There just seems to be more nuance to all this than is being presented.