As many folks here with little real world sailing experience keep
getting things wrong, here's another fact for you...
Sailing offshore or in less protected waters is the safest lowest risk
sailing you can do. Period. Almost all boating accidents happen in
crowded areas and the worst of them are within easy swimming distance
of land. If even a short squall hits, you're also at a far higher risk
when close to land.
Sailing deeper into the sound there are far fewer bad pilots to contend
with and more room to navigate than putzing about on a daysail near our
home. Continue to sail in your own crowded waters and the chance of
some nut smashing into you or a squall playing pinball with you only
increases.
After learning this, we generally sailed out beyond Execution Rock,
both for the better air and room to day or night sail with lower risks.
The very idea that Jeff, Doug and others continue to talk about sailing
distances as a measure of bravado, shows how unaware and unsafe they
really are. Sailing offshore is ULTRA safe by comparison. Offshore
sailing has just one problematic requirement that keeps most from
enjoying it.....time.


Capt Robert B
35s5....a near coastal sailboat faster than yours!
NY