A different catch last weekend

We got out Saturday morning on our favorite lake. It was beautiful but windy. The fishing was slow, we were anchored a few hundred yards from the landing, thinking about putting the boat on the trailer for the day (behind me in the picture). I noticed someone launching a sailboat. About as soon as the boat goes in the water it takes off with the wind with the guy standing there. The guy takes off and runs to the end of the pier as the boat goes by (no canvas up at this point). The wife and I watch as he dives into the water fully clothed and starts swimming after the boat. It's obvious that he's not going to catch it. I figured he would turn around and give it up, but no, he keeps going. Long story short by the time we got to him he was ready to go under.
The wife hung on to him while I drove him into the shore, there was no way I was going to be able to get him in the boat. He was ok after a bit and another fisherman retrieved his boat. So it ended up being an interesting day.