katysails wrote:
According to the family, the skipper of the boat was a careful and
experienced sailor...that storm was wicked..must have been horrible out
by Lookout

Couple of folks here ventured out into the Sound and poked out for a
quick look outside Beaufort. Very rough water!


...we were out at the Bay on the previous day and the wind was
enough to blow you over and the surf was huge and pounding...

Was that right at Pt Comfort? That would be all but open to the sea,
the Virginia Capes would funnel seas into that area.

Joe wrote:
The boat had a roller furling main, and jib. I bet they were un-
managable.
You see roller furling rigs all the time that get blown open

Only by stupid people who don't have them rigged properly.

One might just as well make the assumption that since so many cars
have standard transmission, and so many cars get in wrecks, that
anybody who drives a standard is going to have a wreck.



Let's hope they are still in a raft and get picked up soon.


Now I agree with you there.... hoping for the best.

DSK