Mark,
You are right about my agreement being too broad. I have "engineers myopia", focusing on specific facts too closely.
The subject of "bad" to "tragic" reminds me of the lawsuit aaginst NACRA.
Some people(3?) went offshore(Miami area?) without enought life preservers in a NACRA 5.2 that they knew was leaking.
When it flip over they couldn't get it back up.
One of the people decided to swim for shore even though they knew sharks were in the area.
The person was killed by a shark.
The family sued NACRA because a "catamaran is inherently unstable and dangerous", therefore NACRA was making a defective product.
Fortunately NACRA fought back, unlike Hobie(comptip), and won.

No matter what the sailor understands and believes, it is usually the family and an ambulance chasing scumbag, like John Edwards, who sues.

Never forget the "deep pockets" philosophy which permeates our country today.