The boat I referred to was a black or maybe very dark-blue Tayana 48,
not a Hunter, with lolling/grinning people on it not evidently in
distress.


I am certain that you saw a Hunter DS which is about the same size. She was
near execution rocks. I heard her distress call from my club. The Tayana wasn't
sailing at the time as she had no headsails. The Hunter from Jersey City
complained long and hard about it when he got to Harlem Yacht Club.
Dispite your effort to troll, you now know what happened. A lady on board had a
ruptured cist and was in agony. They dropped sail and called for help. Quite a
few race boats around and no one lifted a finger. If you were among those boats
SHAME ON YOU. Ask around if you think this is a story. Just about everyone on
City Island, Douglaston and Bayside heard about it.

RB