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At least it is nice to see somebody picking up the trash

What does that have to do with a multi million dollar toy that was damaged and abandoned due to hubris and lack of the ability to take the brochure claims with a grain of salt?

Dude - don't be a complete idiot - while it may be possible to sail a star to Bermuda it is in no way shape or form a proper boat for being more than 10 miles from the dock - everyone, who has ever sailed one knows that. Hyperbole like the shit you just posted makes you stand out as an idiot -...

If no other contact - Yes In this case they had been in sat phone contact (through which they issued a Mayday call) and standard practice is that the CG asks you to turn on your EPIRB for location the vessel - EPIRB's have both GPS location transmitted via sat link and a 121.5 MHz VHF signal...

A sea breeze is a fairly stationary system - basically - land heats up in the sun - the hot air rises (creating a slight local low pressure close to the ground) - this sucks relatively cold air in from the water - heats it up - rises.....etc. It can be completely stationary or can move slightly...

The storm system is being moved (as a whole) by the gradient wind - it can even stall and not move at all - which will still have whatever high winds are in the storm system on the same spot for some time

Say What?

Well - generally, you would be right - but- it does require a stiffer/stronger spar than a multiple shroud setup. In this particular case it is impossible to say what didn't work without more detail on the failure mode - could be design/engineering, manufacturing, install or user error.

Well - obviously not - unless something else fucked up......................

Could be a deliberate choice.................maybe the best way to "sell" a somewhat beat up toy