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Old 14-05-2015, 08:30   #1
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Re: Man dies dragged by sailboat,

Bad day for all. A man dies and another boat is left adrift for the rest of us to crash into at night.
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Old 14-05-2015, 09:26   #2
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Bad day for all. A man dies and another boat is left adrift for the rest of us to crash into at night.
In all the forums I've seen this, this is by far the most harsh statement I've read so far. Shame on you! How would you like to be her, having to watch her husband die, unable to save him? You crashing into her boat is the LAST thing on her mind.
Instead of making snarky comments, speculating and criticizing, how about some of you in the area put together a search party rescue her boat.
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Old 14-05-2015, 09:47   #3
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In all the forums I've seen this, this is by far the most harsh statement I've read so far. Shame on you! How would you like to be her, having to watch her husband die, unable to save him? You crashing into her boat is the LAST thing on her mind.
Instead of making snarky comments, speculating and criticizing, how about some of you in the area put together a search party rescue her boat.
It may be the last thing on her mind, but it should have been pretty high priority for the rescuers. It sounds like they may not have even boarded to undertake the scuttling though.

There is no point in expressing sympathy for someone who isn't here to be comforted by it, unless you make yourself feel better by expressing such sympathy. I too, would have berated someone for making such a comment to the grieving widow, but it is a reality that we need to take into consideration in the real world.
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Old 14-05-2015, 12:32   #4
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Bad day for all. A man dies and another boat is left adrift for the rest of us to crash into at night.
Thats a truly awful thing to think, let alone to say. I guess nobody can rely on you when the chips are down, can they.
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Thats a truly awful thing to think, let alone to say. I guess nobody can rely on you when the chips are down, can they.
If that wasn't self centered. Bet he or she has never been out of the yacht club. I feel sorry the boat wasn't towed for the families additional lose.
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