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In Response To: He appears to be legally blind because he's blind in one eye ()
() There are some stories that are so engaging they are quite inspirational. The story of Dennis Howard is one of them. Dennis is a humble man who is about to take on one of the greatest challenges in the world - to sail around the world solo in a 20ft boat. The difference is that Dennis Howard, 62-year-old San Diego resident, has only 7% vision and is legally blind.
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- Manifestly Unsafe Voyage...?
- no way!
- A couple of things
- Dude would have been better off on a
- So now we have another vessel adrift..
- Whatever the skipper's argument, sounds like things weren't going too stellar
- I don't know, but looking at that picture I would have pull him off
- Or at least established ONE friend on shore as the designated whistle blower.
- What ever happen to free will
- He appears to be legally blind because he's blind in one eye
- Another link pre-disaster
- Another link pre-disaster
- FWIW, I think it was a good call by the CG...
- If someone said, "I want to be the first blind person to drive accross the country in a car", is that manifestly unsafe?
- not justified.
