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Firsthand account of the loss of the Gunboat 55 RAINMAKER are trickling in...

SAILING ANARCHY has put up the first 2 parts of their interview with skipper Chris Bailet...

Part 2, especially, is a pretty compelling read... Amazing that no one was seriously hurt in this incident...

http://sailinganarchy.com/2015/02/23/post-mortem-2/

http://sailinganarchy.com/2015/02/25/the-loss-of-the-rainmaker-part-2/

Yeah, this is the sort of boat I'd like to make a passage in the North Atlantic in January, alright... Gee, a lot of broken glass, the aft portion of that greenhouse blown out - what a shocker, eh? Who could have possibly imagined anything like THAT happening?

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