I've got over 40 years of sailing experience, and I didn't realize how little I knew about sailing offshore until I went to work for Martin Van Breems at Dutchman/Sound Sailing Center. From what I learned from Martin, and from what I read from that sailing blog, that guy had no business being out there. His wife doesn't sail, and he slept in all night? Seriously? He didn't do any weather planning either, apparently.