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isobars
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 Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| ducks007 wrote: | I just hope no one else has to learn after the fact or relies on others to rescue them.
I still think ditching the rig could be a good idea. In early summer when you're wearing a shorty? Hypothermia impairs your judgement. Or there's a barge bearing down on you? Disassembling gear or being McGyver in crazy chop/wind isn't easy. Drag swimming gear is slow. |
There are a number of scenarios in which I'm alone on the water, maybe even the only person in sight on land OR water. I know it's up to me to take care of myself ... and compared to Dana Miller I'm as dependent as a newborn before its first breath.
OTOH, there are scenarios where ditching a rig is worthwhile. I put a $502 price tag on my butt years ago when I threw away a new $501 sail to avoid spending a night on a huge lake in offshore breezes, and I'd ditch a whole rig if I could hear a barge pilot telling me it was time to do so. As for slow swimming with a rig ... sure is, but I'm getting paid at least $1,500 an hour to do it, so swim it is. 
That said, help is always welcome, and has probably saved me some serious hassle or risk once or twice ... and extra flotation is mandatory for any dweebing offshore; I probably couldn't even adjust my outhaul, let alone swim, without it in any appreciable amount of chop.
Mike \m/ |
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MrFish
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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Good sailers will get you in. When I blew out my knee 5 years ago now, I told a nearby intermediate, who hadn't a clue. So, I told him exactly who to go get onshore, and within 5 minutes or so I and my gear were both onshore.
I've pulled kiters in, kiteboards in, and sailers in. I won't touch kites themselves though.
I have no idea why someone should be 'near hypothermia' in sight of good sailers, and not be towed in. Should not happen. The key is a big board and a small sail, or a big board & sheeting out. Then the sailor in trouble grabs the rear strap, and off you go. |
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