I once stood by a sailor, SE of Cape May. He was on his third attempt
(we later found out) to sail his boat with his girlfriend to the Med.
He ran into bad weather and his steering was becoming sloppy (supposedly).
I made the CG calls and got a copter heading for him (did not like the
odds of taking an 800+' ship alongside, especially with my freeboard).
Another sailboat, inbound from Europe offered to put one or two of it's
crew aboard to help sail the boat to Norfolk .... he refused.
He and his girlfriend ended up jumping into the water, endangering the
life of a rescue swimmer, for their rescue.
The boat was towed into port by a passing fisherman, a few days
later.....intact.
I'm always glad that on numerous occasions I've been able to rescue
and/or assist those in need, but I'm constantly ****ed at those who are
in over their heads, lacking in common sense, who endanger the lives of
others because they think they know what they're doing or "have a dream"
whereas in truth they haven't a clue and their dream sucks.


otn

Yeah bringing a supply boat up to any small vessel is not fun, I could
imagine the worry doing that with a 800 foot ship.

As far as the Have a Dream part, I think having a dream is something
that keeps us all going, trying to fulfill a dream is our purpose. I do
not think anyones dream sucks. To presue a dream... no matter how many
times you fail is a thing we all should do. To many have dreams and die
before they try to truly live them out. If the dream of the canook was
to sail south then they only failed once. The people that never shove
off will fail that dream a thousand times.

Back to endangering others, they should have to pay all cost
associated with the failure to plan and prepare properly. That might
teach others who foolishly take off un-prepared.
What kind of 800 ft ship ?

Joe