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Possibly one of the Catalinas. Mr Moon got a peek at the scratch sheet before they pulled and might know. In the article it mentions that this was the 2nd fatality from that boat and the other 3 crew were picked up. Possibly the 3 that my Bud on the E33 picked up during the storm...They were...

Can't begin to Imagine how Lee, his team mates and the family of the victim are managing right now Heart felt condolences to all.

As far as I can tell there was no cloud formation visible that would warn people just an increasing darkening overcast. The cold wind off the tops approached at 65 knots! most boats were towards the SW part of the bay so by the time the squall line hit the water and became visible out of the...

Hull 99 Eric's boat not sure on status yet as I an in Tx this week sent ya a pm re visit

Had some experience of this ... been caught in downdrafts and microbursts (High Mountain lakes) several times before. On each of those occasions there were visual indications that gave us some warning. Cumulonimbus, anvil clouds pollen coming off the trees etc. Although I was not on the bay on...

Yup That stuff Rolled through Beaumont around 5 this morning. Pretty good light show

Just found out that we lost a U20 (crew are safe) and the E33 mentioned above that pulled 3 from the bay was doublehanded!

Here is an email from another good friend who was on an E33 in the same area as the 37 footer in the video. They managed to turn around and get 3 people who were in the water off a Catalina 22 >> Please watch at least the first half of this video to see how the visibility decreased and...

Did not sail it this year FYC has pulled the scratch sheet Typically 10-15 beach cats not sure this year. Video Info here at 009s good idea of what it probably looked like coming in. I live 20 mi NE of the start and although pretty breezey was more of a rain event for us. more details...