Sadly, a Ranger 33 suffered the same fate this past weekend:
http://www.topix.com/sailing/2010/05/el-sobrante-couple-dies-in-sailboat-accident
The victims were from our newly adopted East Bay hamlet of El Sobrante.
The jury's still out on what happened. But if I were to venture a guess, the couple got caught in some nasty breakers about 1/2 mile off SF's Ocean Beach - an occurance having claimed the lives of many others. It's the old story of getting too close to a lee shore when things get gnarly on the coast.
There's still question about why both sailors ended up in the water. Probably one was swepped overboard in a breaking roller (the winds have been in the
+30 range for several days), the other - in a panic - attempted a rescue.
Whatever - it's another sad sea story.
Capt Dan G> E35II "Kunu"