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The North end of a southbound roaster, of course.

If I absolutely had to get from a RIB-equipped cruising yacht of any kind onto a ship, I'd use the RIB. Easier to maneuver and less dramatic if you bounce off. It would not be fun launching it nor riding in it in those conditions, but would beat trying to pull it off with the bigger boat. A...

I just sail little boats in little waters for the most part and don't know a thing about flying a hull on a 60' cruising cat, but if I'm about to go swimming (or break something) because of a sudden gust, the order of priority would be releasing the sheet(s) and THEN steering the boat. Is that...

When I get done using a winch, I squirt it with a hose to get the salt off. Looks like I'd be pretty disruptive in the cabins of these fast cats.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA!! But without the self-aggrandizing pink flag. ;)

True. And furthermore, any boat that fails to earn more than it costs is a $$$ toy and anyone who owns any boat that is not earning money is a rich person with a toy. Yes, I mean a guy who lives in a dumpy trailer and owns a tin skiff is rich. He has a boat! Totally frivolous expense. All my...

OK, I'll buy that with respect to storm systems. Related mystery: I've sat and baked in the summer sun while watching the wall of sea breeze slowly advance toward me across the harbor. Why doesn't it move at the speed it's blowing?

But what's carrying the leafblower? The wind. At a speed much lower than the wind. Maybe Rimas is in charge of wind?

Some velocity, but not 70 kts. How it is that a 70 kt wind coming toward you can come toward you at a slower speed than 70 kts is a mystery to me, but that's what happens. The early report of a "white wall" convinced me we were talking about a microburst because I've seen (and shortly...

The worst are the ones with pink flags.