Sorry to hear that ETOPS. Very sweet little plane.
She's still got a chirpy look about her despite the day's shenanigans - like a wet puppy - 'that was fun, can we do it again?!'
WRT crash vs ditch - point taken, but the club people said they felt the same when I spoke to them. It makes it seem as though there was no control involved at all.
I think he did very very well to put her down where he did - the water here is shallow for quite a long way out, but the beach was packed with spectators and there was no way he could have put her on solid ground without endangering life. So position was pretty much the best it gets.