Sailing Fans Reeling Over Yacht Race Death- 4 still Missing

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26. I agree with your thoughts.

It also appeared to me that the yacht was rounding the rocks too closely, but I hadnt yet seen any official report stating so and I didnt want to be critical so soon after the accident. I did read the crew were all wearing PFDs and foul weather gear, I wonder why the missing crew werent found, especially since there seemed to have been at least two competitors nearby and the incident occurred in daylight. I am not familiar with that area, but I do know that sailboats dont handle breaking waves. It was waves, not wind, that caused the deaths and sunk yachts in the 79 Fastnet race and 95 Sydney Hobart Race. Were there breaking waves all over in this case, or only in the vicinity of the Farallones? It doesnt appear to have been any issue with the boats stability or construction. The Sydney 38s seem to be a fairly moderate design, and dont appear to me to have any characteristics that would make them unsuitable for offshore racing. They have competed in numbers in the Sydney Hobart Race for over a decade.