Maritime Disasters

Sunken ships, small storms, & other cerulean crises

I've fished the Chesapeake Bay all my life, but I've never taken a sailboat out of harbor. I'm working on a story set at sea and needed to do a bit of research about all the different ways that things can go wrong for a sailing ship at sea.

Quick Facts

• A guy fell overboard when he was hanging off the side of his small craft to poop and his safety harness …