We were on a rad old sailboat, on one of my first trips ever to the Mentawiis, surfing Lances lefts. A big storm was coming in but we decided we would take the hard way back to safe port and have a bit more surf time.

That was not a good idea to say the least…by not taking the easy safe way back our engine sucked in a bunch of water as we were powering through the huge waves and wind, I thought we were going down for sure….

Luckily the captain was the best ever and we had luck on our side and we bailed the engine and made it to the safe dock up in time, but just barely.

It was an experience I will never forget and I’m happy we were lucky enough to come out the other side of. Needless to say when it comes to the ocean and being out at sea safety first always.