I wonder if that sextant floats?

[Klaveness]

@Capt_Phoenix

It read to me like he was telling it as a lesson. That he got lucky (he didn’t have an exit plan) and don’t let it happen to you.

I was reading it like that until I got to the last bit:

@Carr

None of us bought beer that night in Annapolis. We were “That” crew.

It looks a lot like he thinks they were very heroic. If I was telling the story, I would have ended it on a different note, something about all that free beer leaving a sour taste. If not because of self insight, then because I don’t want to be “That” guy.