Boating accident

– a commonly used scenario referred to in jest, where relatively important information is lost or destroyed at sea as a result of a supposed “boating accident,” preventing its recovery, retrieval or use.

A true story.. like actually happened kind of true..

I didn’t even get a chance to sell all my XMR, as I lost my private keys in a horrible boating accident. – Riccardo Spagni, founder of Monero (XMR).