A huge sailboat race took place this past weekend with over 100 boats trying their luck. This means that over 200 people were involved in this race starting in Mobile Bay, Alabama, and ending at Dauphin Island. Crazy winds started to blow and a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect at about 1:30. Many people in charge of their boats were able to safely get back to shore, but several boats capsized as well. Two people are confirmed as dead and four are still missing. The Coast Guard is and has been searching for these people.
I remember Saturday mornings waking up early to go to the lake and watch my dad race sailboats. It was a great time and an awesome atmosphere. I would sail with him pretty often and was getting to the age where I would be able to crew for him in races and try my own hand at a skill he was very good at. Unfortunately, we sold the sailboat and I had a very short racing career. These experiences make me feel for the people in this tragedy because I have capsized on a boat and it is not fun at all to scramble to tip the boat back to normal position and frigidly climb back in to sail to shore. I can only imagine what it is like to be out there for three days now, assuming they are alive.
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