Our hearts go out to the families of our fellow boaters who lost their lives down by D.L. Bliss State Park this past weekend, as well as all the folks whose boats ended up ashore. Debbie and I were in the Bay Area when it all happened and I ran up Sunday afternoon to see how Splendido was faring after the squall.

In October 2010, we were caught out in a squall aboard Splendido that was only a fraction as violent as last Saturday’s event, and the memory of that afternoon haunts and humbles me to this day. We are so grieved at the loss of the folks aboard the 27′ Chris Craft off D.L. Bliss State Park and will reverently observe our own private memorial to them the next time we pass that way.

Fair winds and forehandedness always. —DB