Helene Rescue Story Triggers Nasty Know-It-Alls of Sailing

Sense of Superiority, Put-Downs, Willing To Condemn Without the Facts

It doesn’t matter whether you were just fine in the Fort Myers area. That’s hindsight. The sailor who went viral in that rescue video was en route to an even safer place, The Shark River. At the time forecasters were saying Hurricane Helene might “wobble” and pass closer to Fort Myers than she actually did. Loose Cannon was on his on own boat at the St.…