The wave that struck the yacht Low Speed Chase near the Farallon Islands and ultimately killed five crew members was "unlike anything I've ever seen outside of big-wave surf videos," survivor Bryan Chong said Tuesday.
In a nearly 4,000-word statement titled "Letter to the Community," Chong gave the first public account from a survivor of the crew's experience during the Full Crew Farallones Race on April 14.
The incident illustrates how "things can look normal until one event changes everything," wrote Chong, an experienced sailor who defended the sport of ocean sailboat racing but said a greater focus on safety is needed.
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