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Given that most cats are decent navigators, I don't think Meka the cat was in charge or should be blamed for the wreck of the Hunter.
Sailing this boat with this crew off the anchor would seem unlikely to have succeeded.
Cutting the chain with an angle grinder in any sort of wind and seaway seems extremely unlikely to work.
The modern Hunters may actually be better built and engineered than the ones of the 80s; familiarity with the older models might account for some "bashing".
After slogging through this and other threads and related articles, it seems we still don't have answers to some basic questions about what happened. Do we know exactly why the boat left the marina initially and its exact condition? Also, do we know much about Michael's sailing experience before he got the boat in January 2010 (beyond the "20 years")?
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether some of the speculation is subject to set, drift, leeway, deviation, variation, projection or scale error. But it does seem to at least have plenty of scope out.
well he is dead now.
A final posting on is FB by a friend points out his body was found in a marina. Despite any and all mistakes he may have made in his life he was sailor who loved sailing. RIP Capt,,,,,fair winds and following seas.
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