A mile out of the channel, John lost control of his IWC replica watches rudder. One of the shivs holding the steering cable taut between the wheel and the sector had ripped out of a piece of oak oneandahalf inches thick. These things happen.John is the captain of Faith, a 40foot wooden ketch built in 1946, that sits across from Syzygy. Johns also the pilot of an IAR 823, a 1979 Romanian fourseater he keeps up in Napa, and he tends to keep his cool under duress. His steering had failed. Its not like he was a mile high and leaking fuel or something. He rigged up the emergency tiller.
It was made of old wood, and it snapped in two like a Corum replica watches baseball bat. John has since fabricated a new one out of a steel bar. With the engine still on, John raised the mizzen. The sail steadied the boat, kept her elegant bowsprit nosed into the wind. Everyone, including his eightyear old daughter Elizabeth, was fine. It was a Sunday in July.
Everyone had a PFD, and dry clothes. It was windy, gusting to 30, but sunny and clear, at least on this side of the bay. Classic fogger weather.John replica watch gift radioed the Coast Guard, and asked for assistance. The Coast Guard, by then, was busy; so busy that Jim and Jeannie, who were out that same afternoon aboard Kanga, picked up a sailor in the water before the Coast Guard was able to get to him. Hed been in the water for half an hour, and was blue. He was shivering uncontrollably.
