Crewed lightship - a happy sad day

All right, all right, we'll smile but frankly, this toerail is killing us.

Dayne: 'so you don't like the new main on that boat?'
Heather: 'no, it makes her stern look big'

A happy sad day. You can see the daisies which we will drop a few minutes after this shot was taken, in memory of the lost boat and her crew, at the last Lightship race. Sad and humbled by the ocean, sad and aching for these men's families. Happy to be out and free on the water. Happy to see so many boats on the water on that day - perhaps the best way of honoring the memory of these two sailors is to carry on with the sports of sailing.

In a way, I wonder if I don't envy their fate, they left this world doing something they both loved...