article_snippet.sent: he also said he set up a makeshift mast with a small sail to get the boat headed in a westward direction.
article_snippet.sent: he told he family that he was going into open water to sail and fish, according to he mother, Norma Davis.
article_snippet.sent: he told WAVY-TV that he was sailing north when he encountered bad weather.
article_snippet.sent: he said he saw a wave crash into he window and that his boat eventually filled with water.