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Re: What were they thinking?
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2015 Feb 16, 20:32 -0500
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2015 Feb 16, 20:32 -0500
"We've never done anything like this. Dad's not even a sailor, but he's a quick study," Jason McGlashan told the Newport Daily News." Definitely candidates for the Darwin Award. Don Seltzer On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Lu Abelwrote: > Detailed story in on-line edition of Latitude 38, a San Francisco boating > magazine. Apparently this father-son team were stoked by an overabundance > of overconfidence. As they put it, "we got plenty of food, plenty of > booze, and plenty of safety gear." No mention of "plenty of experience" or > even "common sense" > > http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2015-02-16#Story4 > > > > > On 2/16/2015 10:36 AM, Bruce J. Pennino wrote: > > Hello: > > In the local Boston news this morning were pictures of a U.S. Coast Guard > rescue 150 miles east of Cape Cod. Unbelievable storm and wave conditions > when two Australians were in danger on a 43 ft sail boat. We've had very > stormy extreme winter conditions for the past month. I have 5-6 ft snow > drifts in my yard and I'm raking my roof every few days. The sailors were > on their way home. With all of the forecasts mostly right-on, and the > weather more or less predictable.....we've had snow or wind or extreme > conditions every 5-7 days,these sailors really put themselves and others at > risk. Gotta rake my roof 10-15 more inches last night and minus 9� F when we > awoke this AM. Boston and Worcester,MA have set many new weather records. > About 90 inches of snow in Boston over past 3 weeks. Sorry, snow weather is > off topic. > > Bruce > > > > > > >