Guy goes over the side with his kids watching and you want to make fun and
call names? You continue to be one of the biggest horses asses on the NGs.
Congrats and back to the **** bin with you.

Yes, it is an absolute tragedy and my heart goes to those children who
will most likely bear for the rest of their life some guilt why they
did or did not do somthing correctly to save their father. Absolutly
terrible.

But............ I condem the father for failing on every level both as
a parent and as a vessel operator. He placed his children in a
situation to bare that guilt all their life. For him I say, what an
asshole for causing so much grief and heartake just be cause he wasnt
a caring enough father to address so many defeciencies that lead to
his death. To the dad I say, SAME ON YOU!

Poor maintance on a device that has no purpose on a sailboat.
Alowing a ****ing lazyboy on a sailboat in the first place.
Did not provide a safe role model for children. I imagine the mother
bitched him out , saying: if you want to act like a fool and not wear
a PFD I dont care BUT if my children are going on that damn boat you
better make sure they all wear their PFDs.
Finally, as a parent he has the responsibilty to protect himself. By
acting foolishly he placed his family in jeprody just as well as if he
had unprotected sex with some hooker at the Troutdale truck stop. As a
parent, I always ask myself, what would my children(s) feel or do if
somthing happended to me? Obviously that Dad didnt know enough to
protect his family by protecting himself.

When children, or anyone for that matter, are on a vessel the operator
must serve as the de facto safety model. All will look to the operator
(her/him) for guidance on how to behave safely.

His biggest failings were Arogance and Ignorance two sins a vessel
operator can not afford.

ob