Ethan's Story
On November 21st, 2020 Ethan sailed out into the Sarasota Bay with his Green Fleet race team in his Opti boat for a typical Saturday practice. Ethan had just started sailing in the year 2020 with his older brother, Tanner who also started sailing with a 420 Club race team. Ethan was 10 years old and a 6th grade student at Pine View, school for the gifted. His family recently moved from Kentucky to Sarasota in 2018 to engage in more outdoor activities and to enroll Ethan and Tanner in the top rated public gifted school in the country. Ethan’s life was tragically cut short when he was struck by the propeller of the sailing coach’s motorboat during sailing practice. The boat was equipped with a functional cutoff switch and his sailing coach was not wearing it prior to falling out of the boat. The impact of this tragic event was far reaching in the community. The Isaacs family is seeking meaning in the aftermath of Ethan’s death by trying to keep others from suffering a similar tragedy.