There was a retired coast guard guy here in Tampa that put his sail boat into the river to test the engine. Engine didn’t work.
He didn’t have an anchor, sails, or a radio on his boat. He floated down the river and into Tampa Bay. Then he floated all the way across the bay. He couldn’t radio anyone, or even signal anyone because he didn’t have flares either.
Fortunately his sail boat washed up on the beach at the very southern tip on the other side of the bay. He came quite close to drifting out into the gulf.
Frightening!