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| Author: | Bliss36 [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/6582026-418/2-found-dead-after-boat-capsizes-during-race-to-mackinac.html The thought of getting thrown overboard in the Middle of Lake Michigan at midnight in steep 6 foot waves is just terrifying! Condolences to the sailor's family's 
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| Author: | Berger [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
This hit a little too close to home for me. One of the victims was an alternate crew member of my dad's boat for his Wednesday night jib and main fleet races. In fact, I was visiting two weeks ago and sailed on my dad's boat and WingNuts was out there with us. Very sad indeed. |
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| Author: | St. Louis Dave [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
Shows you the power of what we sometimes take for granted. Lake Michigan (and all of the great lakes) are big and very powerful. I know those storms that blew through were nasty. VERY SEASONED sailors that knew what they were doing were lost. So sad for their family and friends. |
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| Author: | Goostoff [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
Thats enough to make me want to sell my boat everytime I hear of things like this. |
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| Author: | 298VISTA2000 [ Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
I was going to chastise someone when I heard people drowned in a "lake" but then when "they drowned when their boat flipped in 60 mile-an-hour winds and six-foot seas" on Lake Michigan that is a different story. It is nothing short of an ocean out there. I bet it was more than six-foot seas out there though. Very sad. |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2 Found dead after boat capsizes during Mac Race |
In case anyone is interested, our nautical engineer here at work was in the Chi-Mac race that night. He said they were about 5 miles behind the boat that flipped. He told me this morning that the winds were gusting to 60 mph on their instruments, but that the waves were not that large as was reported. It was the force of the wind that caused the boat to overturn. He said their boat, which was bigger, heeled over on it's side, and the mast spars went in the water, but the boat quickly righted itself. Everyone had harnesses' on , lifejackets and EPIRB's. The sailboats that were on the scene first, were a little upset with the Coast Guard, as they did not put a diver in the water once they were on scene. They tapped the hull side, heard nothing, and started searching away from the boat. Both of the fatalities were found still in their harness' under the boat, several hours later. It took the CG vessel from Charlevoix about an hour to get on the scene. The boat that flipped was a smaller, flatter bottom boat with "wings" and many feel that either they lost the keel weight due to mechanical failure, or the "wings" and the boats hull shape, combined with the winds contributed to the tragedy. Very sad this happenened. |
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