Very sad indeed. I was impressed that one of the Ski's never fully sunk but I think that was because the mooring line didn't break, I'm not sure. We live right on the north shore of Erie and see some crazy storms in the fall mostly Oct. and Nov. Every spring we have all manner of smashed vessels on my rock break wall including BBQ's, lawn furniture, sit down lawnmowers, decks, docks, any and everything. A few years back a house trailer washed up on shore, some of it at least.
Wild storms here are a common occurrence all year round yet it seems every year people leave their vessels and stuff in harms way.