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Johnhh wrote:
It's always easy to second guess in these situations, but the fact is, once
she went over the side her chances were slim no matter what she did. Doing
the wrong thing probably saved he life.

That is for sure... the gods protect drunks and fools.

Swimming with the current is no easier than swimming against it; you just
don't move as fast and in this case that would have been a good thing.
Except that she survived doing what she did.

I disagree, especially from what she said... that she was fighting the
current. That would definitely affect your survival time.

She should have been hooked on, but I wonder how many sailors in these
waters even have harnesses, tethers and jack lines, let alone use them. I
do because I often single hand, but think I am the rare exception.

Don't know. But when I sail on overnight passages, we hook on when
coming on deck and don't unhook until below. It's the boat
owner/skipper's responsibility to make sure the boat is rigged for the
trip and the crew properly trained/informed.

She shouldn't have fallen off. If the dog hadn't stopped to take a dump, he
would have caught the rabbit. Sh*t happens, I'm just not too big on the
need to always assess blame.

Neither am I, except when a tragedy happens. In this case, lots of
money was needlessly spent because someone didn't use common sense. I
can think of better uses for my tax dollars than spending it on things
that should have been prevented.

I feel sorry for the woman and for the others on the boat. Certainly
one hope that they all learned from their experience. It must have
been traumatic thinking someone had died.


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Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
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"If there's no wind, row."