Along those same lines, here's one of my heroes, in the true sense of that word, not the trivial, sports player use of that word lately:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...6ca94801fac_story.html?utm_term=.adb321db2e56
I keep a photo of him on my desk at the office, although I never met him. The story of how he led and cared for his teenage crew of cadets during the disasterous Fastnet race is one of the most inspiring sailing stories I've ever read.