Truly a horribly sad story. Another MUST have at all times, a sharp knife easily accessible. -Rusty
--- "Smith, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure if anyone saw this, but a boat went down > just off Ocean Beach in SF a couple weeks ago. The > following tells that sad tale: > > Update on Capsize off Ocean Beach > February 27 - San Francisco > > Randy Reid, owner of the sailboat which capsized off > Ocean Beach on Wednesday, February 18 [covered in > 'Lectronic Latitude on February 20], comments on the > loss in a letter to the Newport owners' group. > > "Yes, it was my Newport 30 that was lost off San > Francisco. I had purchased the boat in Marina del > Rey, sailed it for a week in January and left it in > Santa Barbara. Myself, my son Erik and a friend, > Brad, went back down on February 13 to Santa Barbara > and were sailing up to San Francisco when the > accident happened. > > "My son has not been found. Most of the newspaper > articles are totally inaccurate and should be read > with a large grain of salt. There were no > helicopters involved, the winds are exaggerated, and > there are many more inaccuracies. > > "The subject is difficult to talk about at this > time, but if you would like to debate something > worthwhile it might be whether to wear the harness > or flotation devices, in what scenario or when? My > son was at the helm and was wearing the harness and > tether as was our practice all the way up the coast. > Brad was wearing a Mustang floater coat and I was > not wearing either. I was the one who should not be > here today. The tether is likely to have been the > cause of my son's death, as it seems he was not able > to release himself from the boat when it went down. > Only speculation is possible why not, but no > definitive answers. > > "The boat to my best guess went down in > approximately 45 seconds. The waves were 15 seconds > apart and we got hit broadside by three when Brad > and I were washed overboard. My son was still aboard > the boat at this time, and I saw one more wave > coming at the boat then. The boat was never seen > again. I believe the safety harness dragged Erik > down with the boat." > > Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle > Sandpoint, Idaho > M15-345, Chukar > M17-064, Unnamed > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats ===== www.rustyknorr.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
