Isn't a Cirrus piston also? Regardless single engine piston over water is not on my bucket list.
Yeah, I think our posts are crossing the streams.
There was also another plane - 172, I think - that went down in the drink the same day, but they were just flying between two of the islands, so that guy may have actually just been an idiot. Still, 4 people onboard and all ok, so at least he knew how to ditch.
This is what I originally was referring to...just that you don't have to be an idiot to still have problems, especially with a piston. Basically, we're in violent agreement.
That said, from last weekend while I was flying north just past Fernadina and trying to avoid Cumberland Island:
My wife: "Um, why are we all the way out here?"
Me: "Well, I had to get past that airport and I can't fly over Cumberland Island......"
Me: "And I'm probably more comfortable flying over water than I should be since we're not in a turbine. I'll turn in now."
My wife: "Yeah, that's what I was thinking..."