I have sailed in and stood on the shore of Lake Michigan in these downburst-containing fronts aplenty, and agree with Dean. These fronts ain't anything to mess with- the 70 mph blasts mentioned probably were just that. The interviews mentioned that the Caliente crew on watch did not pay attention to the weather but were watching the freighter off in the other direction. I think they had early opportunity to come about to reef, but failed to do it in time. Remember when Playstation got its main wrapped around its shrouds off Long Island at night? Same scary deal. Great White was capsized with its chute up at night in Lake Huron in just such a situation, and sadly, its experienced 2 person crew were not rescuable by anyone near.