Let's put this into perspective:

Remember the editor and a group that went offshore on a Hobie 18 (was that Texas?)? If I remember correctly, no lifejackets (not to mention other safety equipment), and they couldn't even right their boat? They were lucky that they eventually drifted to shore....now that's stupid and THAT gives catamarans a bad reputation.

Yeah, these guys shouldn't have gone out...I wouldn't have. Perhaps the offshore wind blowing the breakers flat gave them a false sense of security - I can see how I might be lulled by that. However, I think their error in judgement is less in magnitude than in the previous example - at least they had a clue.