April 14, 2012 the sailing vessel “Low Speed Chase” during a race hits one of the Faralon Islands 20+ miles West of San Francisco and five souls are lost. April 28, 2012 “Aegean” a Hunter sailing vessel apparently hits the North Coronado Island off the USA/Mexico West coast and four souls are lost. I feel extreme sadness for the bereaved.
The ocean is unforgiving; she takes who she wants. I can only hope to learn from these experiences and learn enough to live long a long life. Safety seems to be such a boring subject… until it isn’t. I hope that the lives lost to these tragedies have taught me even more. Safety is priority number one. Pleasure is secondary.
I will say no more than that.
