Yes, i believe your quite correct. It wasn't a drowning but didn't he got trapped with the racks or something like that and induced a heart event. I probably have the Sailing World article/issue in the basement but if memory served it was something like that.We didn't really use the name...
I have to agree with SN as you can't regulate common sense; nor should it be. IMHO - that's what happened a lack of common sense to go or not. Put on PFD or not. But a tether or not. Listen to the local weather or VHF or not.
If you are getting thunder cells that are causing micro-bursts (which...