Rescue Of 6 "stupid" Sailors

[delatbabel]

The article says it all, really:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/stupid...4351433198.html

Note that the Bureau of Meteorology issued a gale warning for those waters at 4am today, with wind forecasts for 35+ knots. There is still a strong wind warning current, winds forecast 25-33 knots abating to 20/30 knots this evening. I'm not sure where these guys were headed, but it seems they were travelling north -- tomorrow they could have had quite a pleasant sail in 15-20 knot S/SW winds, seas still a bit high but offshore the swell would have lengthened (and the continental shelf drop-off is quite steep here).