All these stories make me think of some words I like very much from Cap'n Fatty Goodlander:
It is your fault, the captain’s at fault for everything that goes wrong.
Everything!
Sailors pack their own parachutes, so to speak.
If you are hit by a meteor from outer space, well, as far as I’m concerned, you should have been looking up, pal.
There are no excuses. Everything falls upon the skipper’s shoulders. Every. Single. Thing.
From his book, "How to Inexpensively and Safely Buy, Outfit, and Sail a Small Vessel Around the World".
Dan
