In no way I am trying to judge this or provide Sunday quarterbacking. And even if I have some off-shore experience, even in some reasonably stormy weather, nothing like what was described in that post.
But I would like to suggest to anyone who is planning to venture on the really open seas a read of the “Surviving the Storm” by Steve and Linda Dashew. It is a great read and at the same time a great teaching book on how one could prepare oneself for heavy weather and how one could cope to survive it. The book includes a number of stories similar to what is described in that post. One in particular is about a man who also abandoned the boat pretty close to the US West Coast on his way from Hawaii. And similarly the boat was still floating and probably was salvageable, but the sailor was in much worse state (physical and psychological) than the boat. Another interesting thing I read in that book is that the chance of a raft surviving the boat’s overturn or even a major swamping is quite small. Most of the attachment points that we take for granted are not strong enough to survive several tons of water trying to rip it off. The book is available in hardcopy (e.g. from Amazon), but it is also available as a PDF (at no charge) e.g. here: http://www.setsail.com/weather-forecasting-storm-tactics-and-successful-cruising/ (that page includes the link to their also great weather forecasting book). It is not a light read by far, but I strongly recommend reading through both of them. Marek Ottawa, ON From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 10:03 To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Amazing USCG rescue - Anybody else see this? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1739506892791962&id=100001980054663<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D1739506892791962%26id%3D100001980054663&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5032216c70ca49596f4508d5ddc9242d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636658778309544460&sdata=jPddRQb7q%2BzLjTUxx5HBA1bwsjzmpJHU2xmolJX36HQ%3D&reserved=0>
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