Thanks for your report John. It could have been any of us who sailed on that day.

I had some major miscalculations of my own. Sailing an F16, I took a strong experienced crew. Experienced on a variety of boats, but not F16s and not spinnakers.

My miscalculation was falling off the boat, leaving the crew alone! He simply lacked the knowledge and experience for righting, so we were dependant on others for assistance. And sure enough, Tim and Andi abandoned their race to help me out.

They shouldn't have been inconvenienced and my crew should not have been placed in that situation. That was my fault. It won't happen again.