#7 Eric Meury 2014-01-17 19:36;

"I have sailed on the NARC and a few years ago there was a loss of life, sadly, Do you feel that you did not have a good weather window. Would you have taken the boat out as the captain had Hank not been on the boat."

And Charles Doane answered;

"@Eric: We actually had a great weather window, given the time of year. The real question, of course, is whether it was wise to try the passage in January. That was the owner's decision. The boat was delivered very late, and he still wanted to get it to the Caribbean. He hired Hank, which was a smart move. From Hank's perspective, if he's going to make a living as a delivery skipper, he can't turn down hard jobs like this. I've crewed a few winter deliveries like this; I'm not sure I'd want to skipper one."