>>At least he should be named in press like drink drivers.
You quite clearly have no idea of the mindset.
I've sailed such a storm, worse perhaps, in 1987 (I think). I was named and shamed in the press. We were just off Stokes Bay. There were three of us. There's a couple of places that you can find that newspaper report, one of which is my parents living room wall.
Frankly you could say you'll charge me if I need rescuing, or just say you wouldn't rescue me, like I would give a s*** either way. There are some opportunities one just has to take.
So, you either have to leave the guy out there and not rescue him, or rescue him, stop whining and make him pay. What you're not going to do is guilt him into your way of thinking on the matter.
Your idea of "shaming" will not be his. Or mine. Or anybody else who likes similar sports.
p.s. As it happens I have been rescued once. I was in a F6/7 off-shore, sailing out of Calshot and snapped my mast about 5 miles out. That wasn't in the news, afaik.
|
