On Aug 8, 7:09 am, animal05 wrote:
-rick- wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Don't forget: How to manage a MOB who's panicking, ready to grab
anything (or anyone), and threatens to sink YOU if you're in the
water. Lifeguards are trained to deal with this, although sometimes
the victim's strong enough to still cause trouble. Then, lifeguards
improvise.

That's a good point. I fished a big stupid jet skier out of the
Columbia river who fought me as I tried to get him in the boat. Maybe
he thought I was going to abandon his sinking POS jet ski instead of
towing it in. This was in the middle of the shipping channel well after
sunset with no other small boats on the river. The moron wouldn't even
take a warm blanket or a shot of hot coffee after I got him in the boat.

Actaully, that is a realitively common occurrence when someone is
drowning. Years ago, when I took life guard training, we had to
practice varrious manuevers to elude someone if they attempted to attack
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A few years back when I lived closer to the sound we used to go out at
night in very small boats. We used to tie a rescue whistle and a
standard flare to each pfd. With us, if one was over board it probably
meant all of us were so we had specific training for the kids.
Specifically, they were not to look for me, the idea was, if I was
unable to help myself, they probably coudld not do much for me either
just because I am so much bigger. They were advised to make their way
to shore/safety, and then initiate a rescue from there. Also taught
them not to focus on one point on shore, just swim toward shore.
Swimming to a point can get you in trouble especially if you are in
moving water. Just my observations, being a self taught boater in the
sound and on the river.