Sadly the Bad Week Always Returns

Sadly the bad week of boating always comes to us at this time of the year, when many accidents seem to happen at one go.  This period always seems to be the last week of July and the first week of August, filling PowerYacht's Out-News label with sad news for us boat and yacht lovers.  

In this week the boating community is not even given chance to recover, as one accident is followed by another in a span of hours, with the most tragic taking the most hits and comments on socialmedia.  Obviously without the advent of social media the bad week will not exist, as this is a tool which has made the World a small place with news travelling faster then ever globally.

Boating groups social media feeds, mostly from Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are filled with these stories and everyone becomes an expert of why it happens with the unfortunate captain in these situations getting all sorts of nice compliments.  A problem with social media when many seem to be the Officer in charge and judge and jury of an accident.