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• The latest rescue is in; Three French sailors in their 70's rescued 1200nm off Cape Cod.
  • I swear, if this keeps happening, I'm gonna start to believe...
    • Your first line, Jon, what's your hunch about this?
      • My money is on a rogue wave.
      • Nah, just seems to me in recent memory...
        • Maybe it simply because 20 years ago they simply disappeared... no rescue request received...
          • Hmm, makes you wonder which is worse.....
            • Maybe the old way was better. Kinda like how we used to put the old people on ice flows winter's end.
          • Sorry, I'm not buying that...
            • My thoughts are of course you're right. Boats seem to be abandon with...reckless abandon these day. "I got tired"....
              • Once they call CG the decision may made for them
            • Well, I bet when you can't phone for help, you work a lot harder at surviving at least. Plus,
            • Here's my 35 year notion. Going to sea has become progressivly safer each year, since day one.
              • And people are becoming less independent...
                • Kind of a blanket statement. Most of the people I know maintain their own boats.
                  • I don't know anyone with 'big' sailboats out here anymore......
    • My impression is that there are more
  • Read a post on the MMA cruise FB page
    • could it be in past decades...
      • And folks likely limped in or were never heard from again....
        • And there was no Youtube, either.
          • Ahh... remember the steel beer cans?
            • Spielberg accomplished more with that contraption than all shark attacks combined.
  • Lost their ballast?? capsized sailboat hard to do!!