Good article on observed weather conditions in the tragic Chicago- Mac race at http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Chicago-Mackinac-Race-100-Knots-and-Off-the-Clock/86145
What is most interesting to me is that the boats decided to "run off" rather than reef in hopes that the storm would be over quickly. As a cruiser who has been caught in thunderstorms that last 30 minutes or more I honestly don't understand this as a strategy. It would appear that guessing wrong can kill you.
Cruising my 1995 Catalina 42 MK II sailboat with my cat XO, the good, the bad, and the ugly of the open ocean world cruising life.
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