It would seem that a
collision between two satellites would be about as far removed from sailing and cruising as it could be - unless one of the satellites were a
GPS satellite or
Iridium Satellite.
In this case it was an
Iridium satellite that collided with a spent Russian satellite and was destroyed. Iridium states that there could possibly be some minor
communications problems from that
accident:
SPACE.com -- U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision
"
Iridium Satellite LLC confirmed today that one of its satellites was destroyed Tuesday in an unprecedented collision with a spent Russian satellite and that the incident could result in limited disruptions of service."
I think it not likely that anyone will be much inconvenienced by this but it was interesting.