[Finny]

Okay, I can buy that. The only argument that makes sense so far. If it was nasty out there weatherwise, he should have known better. I can also easily see his being reckless and/or ignorant about the safety of his fiance. If he was a life-long coast water person, it would be either suspicious or typical of a romantic idiot, the type (and I used to be one) who loved steeping in a stormy coast outdoors. You know how that is, if you've been a deckhand. That grabs some people's emotional funny bones, and long wild walks on shoreline are required!

I do have to say, though, that you're the one guy who's come up with a reasonable reason for suspicion -- i.e., he should have known better. If the guy has lived on the Oregon coast for only ten years or so, then ... he might not have known better.

[Finny]

If the guy has lived on the Oregon coast for only ten years or so, then ... he might not have known better.

Raise that to probably wouldn't have known better. A lot of people you'd think should know better understimate the ocean. I've seen it a lot -- you have too, right?