An example of Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.
Imagine you are at sea and sailing along nicely a few miles off the coast of Corsica. You have the Genoa poled out and are running downwind. You are
single handed. You pop down below to make yourself a cup of
tea. Everything is fine. All of a sudden the wind shifts and you gybe. The pole slams across the forestay
bent; the genoa is backed and the pole is trapped under the sail. As the
boat lurches you are scolded with coffee. You rush on
deck to sea the wind picking up and the
boat floundering.
You are confident you will
soon bring things under control. However, the wind is gusting alarmingly. A squawl from the hills. You cannot get the whisker pole off to furl the sail. You look up and in horror you see a ship coming at you dead ahead. The wind gusts and the boat is knocked down. You slip and land hard on
deck bruising your arm.
And so it accumulates as you experience Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.
