Mentioned in a thread below but deserves its own post as a must see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzGs...related&search

This is the most compelling and sobering sailing video I've seen since the
web started bringing us these clips. Anyone who plans to go deepwater
should watch this a few times as they are organizing their equipment,
supplies, and mental preparation for heavy weather.

You can ask what the hell he was doing out there in an O'day Mariner, no
matter how modified, but the fact is that a vessel of the size most of us
sail can find itself in this kind of situation.

Watch closely and you will see that the deceased was briefly outside with
his video camera sitting on the overturned hull.
the boat evidently righted again because the camera got back into the cabin
where it was found.

Note that, despite all this abuse, the boat washed up afloat in Ireland.
The impressive growth of mussles indicates that it floated a lot longer than
his supplies were likely to have lasted. Since the cabin door was closed
and the crew was not on board, the final moments of this adventure are
pretty grim to contemplate.

If you are going blue water, ask yourself how you would handle this
situation in your boat and then prepare mentally and physically.

--
Roger Long