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cbayer

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8. Not a racer, but on overnight cruises, I sleep in the cockpit.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 30, 2012, 02:29 PM

Apr 2012

I don't sleep well but I feel better being out there.

It's really foggy off LA today, so there may have been a lot of fog last night. Maybe their radar failed?

We cross the shipping lanes frequently and have done so in thick fog. To say it is nerve wracking would be a gross understatement.

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Wow. Delphinus Apr 2012 #1

Sounds like it was battered against rocks. Scuba Apr 2012 #2

I have to tell you from experience that sailing at night in shipping lanes...... Bonhomme Richard Apr 2012 #3

Considering where they were, I think this is the most likely explanation. cbayer Apr 2012 #5

Terrible. I can't get out of my head two or three on deck, Bonhomme Richard Apr 2012 #6

Not a racer, but on overnight cruises, I sleep in the cockpit. cbayer Apr 2012 #8

Yikes! Horrible accident! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #4

Got a link to the article? hootinholler Apr 2012 #7

oops! Added - sorry about that... Cooley Hurd May 2012 #10

Thanks! hootinholler May 2012 #11

Could be a propane leak and explosion..... Evasporque Apr 2012 #9