A few years back a competitor crossed the finish line of the 360 nm Marblehead 
to Halifax Ocean Race, dropped his sails and radioed the club for a tow for the 
last few miles to the club. He said he was out of fuel and only had his racing 
sails on board. We apologized and said the club tender was busy standing by. 

Rich


> On Jan 4, 2014, at 20:44, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I did hear some Duffus call a Mayday last summer, and then say he was out of 
> fuel. When the Coasties asked for a description of the boat, his response was 
> “a 32 foot sailboat”. After a long silent pause, the Coastie asked” Captain, 
> uh, what exactly was your distress again?”
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