If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel
and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to
the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light
winds he was motoring at full speed.

I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast.

Cheers
Marty


Neither do I. You'd have plenty of time and there would still be debris of
some kind... cushions, whatever.

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