Lake ray Hubbard had a recent death for a sailor at the dock, first I read he was hit by a pole and then read he was killed instantly by the boom, any one heard anything, was he raising mast or did the boom actually cause this.
Another sailor lost
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I've only seen this posted online.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160703-second-man-drowns-at-lake-ray-hubbard.ece
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160703-second-man-drowns-at-lake-ray-hubbard.ece
No the one i read was on Monday, wildlife officer seen it happen and says he was killed instantly by a pole,he recovered the body
Sail,
That's very sad news pal & out of the same marina??
The first report makes me beg the question, was alcohol or age a factor?
The second death, until we know more, is questionable at this point.
Was someone at the helm.....again, who knows at this point.
No one should perish doing something they love.
It all hits home for me man..........
CR
That's very sad news pal & out of the same marina??
The first report makes me beg the question, was alcohol or age a factor?
The second death, until we know more, is questionable at this point.
Was someone at the helm.....again, who knows at this point.
No one should perish doing something they love.
It all hits home for me man..........
CR
http://www.fox4news.com/news/169540386-story
I think the issue here is that someone who reported it didn't know what the boom is called and referred to it as a pole.
Yes you did thank-you, I wanna know how this happens, yes wind blows but to kill us instantly I don't see it
my first lesson on a sailboat was "this is the BOOM...if it hits you...it goes BOOM...and then the next thing other people hear is SPLASH...and that's not a good thing. It's not a good thing because it's your unconscious body hitting the water that makes the SPLASH...I've never forgotten that lesson...YET
I get it but for a officer who was watching said he died instantly and that was at the dock, gotta be the mast falling right, maybe raising it and a failure
