The facts?
Yes, the fact that two sailors who “Do this all the time”, went out in conditions that they thought they could handle but wound up in such a drastic turn of events that they needed to be plucked out of the sea by Coasties.
I think it sums it up perfectly.
It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, or how many times you’ve been in extreme conditions.
Weather and sea states can change in seconds.
There are no heroics in being rescued by the Coast Guard.

Tracie