SV Concordia

I read in the IHT that the SV Concordia has gone to Davey Jones locker off Brazil. Shame


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/19/world/AP-LT-Brazil-Ship-Capsizes.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=concordia&st=cse

Update...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/20/world/AP-LT-Brazil-Ship-Capsizes.html?scp=1&sq=concordia&st=cse

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/rescued-canadians-dock-in-rio/article1475527/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_(ship)

One wonders why she wasn't put into the wind. Certainly an uncomfortable option for those on board by any stretch of the imagination especially for a ship so small. But then this is the sea and she was a sailing vessel.

The problem is, as will any enquiry find, there is little by way of day-to-day experience in the sailing of this type of vessel, utilising C18 and C19 technology, and just as important, an C18 and C19 mind set. Fifty years ago, there were still a sizable number of individuals who actually worked these vessels, as in making a living from it. They would have been the last of those who plied the trade routes and could tap into the seam of experience of generations of 'manual' sailors. As it is, all we now have is written accounts and an awful lot of 'experts' and theorists.