KevinV
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This reminds me of a story of the inverse - husband went over the side during a night watch, wife came to do her watch and found him gone. She knew how to do reverse track on the gps/ autopilot and found him after about 4 hours.Hearing of couples where the wife doesn't know how to sail reminds me of this recent heartbreaking article.
It saddens and annoys me that the skipper almost definitely contributed to his death by not insisting that his wife knew even the basics of how to operate the boat and systems.
Can't remember who told me that story, it was in a bar in the Caribbean somewhere. Could be nonsense, but it's just about plausible, and a positive reminder of how much a little bit of knowledge can achieve.