Thank you! It may or may not have been possible when Saturday's AL storm roared in, but I truly applaud that advice. Many of us tend to live under pack mentality (lemmings being led off a cliff, etc), but I've seen potential tragedies avoided when a few respected sailors recognized danger...
This is the kind of tragic story that keeps me having nightmares all summer. I've only had two truly major weather "events" during my decades of race management. The good news is that while both had seriously dangerous potential, they both ended with all sailors safe on shore. Eventually.
The...