NE Sailboat wrote:
It is reported at the end of the CBS story that he had no gash. Seems like
the gash story was something his family dreamed up.

Interesting, I heard on the BBC last night that the gash was "to the
bone". I didn't hear of any mention of the number of stiches taken,
which number is almost always mentioned by tradition when somebody gets
stitches.

The thing that struck me was that the waterline of the boat is visible
in the photo I've seen. It doesn't look like it's got a meter of water
inside.

Compare pictures of his boat to pictures of Tami Oldham's boat when it
limped into Hilo back in the 80's. She sailed it for nearly 2 months
after wrecking in a storm. I was living there when she came in, and the
boat was totally trashed.

It occurs to me that if Ken had been successful, he'd probably make the
news here and there for a couple days. Now, I'll bet he's getting
offers from the media, will be a star for quite a while, and many times
more than enough money to replace his boat.

I hope so.