We stalked a sailboat outside of Shilshole Bay

2025-07-25T16:33:52Z • We stalked a sailboat. They tacked and jibed. We pushed a button on the remote. It was like OceanGate meets Silent Yacht — but we upgraded the Xbox controller to Garmin. No noise. No fumes. No winches. Just photons, 24 tons of plastic, throttled gently by thumb. Maybe they were hove-to. Statistically unlikely. We’ll log it as a win — when adjusted by risk.

We stalked a sailboat. They tacked and jibed. We pushed a button on the remote. It was like OceanGate meets Silent Yacht — but we upgraded the Xbox controller to Garmin. No noise. No fumes. No winches. Just photons, 24 tons of plastic, throttled gently by thumb. Maybe they were hove-to. Statistically unlikely. We’ll log it as a win — when adjusted by risk.