(He) hitched the 9 1/2-foot Snark sailboat behind Edmonds's van and drove to a boat ramp. He had been teaching his roommate to sail and offered Monday to test the waters before letting Edmonds take his turn out.
The wind was churning up white caps in the gray water. "He seemed to be OK with that," Edmonds said.
No life jacket, no experience, POS boat, no brains. It's people like that that give sailors a bad reputation.