The 5 Things Sailors Believe That Actually Get Them Killed

The 5 Things Sailors Believe That Actually Get Them Killed A belief can kill you faster than a rogue wave. At sea, these five assumptions have sent sailors to the bottom with no warning. A dead-reckoning fix trusted without a sextant sight. A lee shore dismissed as too far to matter. A storm jib left in its bag as the glass drops. The 1979 Fastnet Race claimed fifteen lives after crews underestimated a weather system and stayed on the rhumb line. Here are the five things sailors believe that actually get them killed.