- Oct 22, 2014
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I posted this comment on the Capri Forum in response to this news article about a skipper on a milk run home...
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/12/15/recognition-chesapeake-bay-rescue/
This is another incident that raises the issue of falling off the boat and preparation being the skipper's responsibility.
I encourage all who have not watched the following link to consider your responsibility as skipper or crew to be ready when out on the water.
http://www.coldwaterbootcamp.com/pages/home.html
It is definitely an issue for us who choose to sail year round. But knowing the water will be freezing is not enough you need to take precautions. Being that to run jacklines and use tethers, or require all aboard to wear a PFD.
The former submariner thought it was not necessary to have a PFD on this milk run home. Then when in the water he acted: "when I realized I was losing strength and if I didn’t do something aggressive I would likely drown,” he swam to a buoy. Yet when nearly rescued his thinking ability was so compromised that he failed to ask for a flotation device from would be rescuers who decided to sail away.
It is time for all of us, sitting warm and fuzzy in front of our computers to decide. This is the year all of my crew will be wearing PFD's when we leave the dock.
Will you make the pledge?
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/12/15/recognition-chesapeake-bay-rescue/
This is another incident that raises the issue of falling off the boat and preparation being the skipper's responsibility.
I encourage all who have not watched the following link to consider your responsibility as skipper or crew to be ready when out on the water.
http://www.coldwaterbootcamp.com/pages/home.html
It is definitely an issue for us who choose to sail year round. But knowing the water will be freezing is not enough you need to take precautions. Being that to run jacklines and use tethers, or require all aboard to wear a PFD.
The former submariner thought it was not necessary to have a PFD on this milk run home. Then when in the water he acted: "when I realized I was losing strength and if I didn’t do something aggressive I would likely drown,” he swam to a buoy. Yet when nearly rescued his thinking ability was so compromised that he failed to ask for a flotation device from would be rescuers who decided to sail away.
It is time for all of us, sitting warm and fuzzy in front of our computers to decide. This is the year all of my crew will be wearing PFD's when we leave the dock.
Will you make the pledge?