in a 50' yacht and you suffered an "emotional
reaction"?
Jesus Lonny, any sailor I know would be emotional all right..a smile
from ear to ear.

I put that in my account for a reason. For the less experienced among
us. This is what I mean:

If you have never faced such a situation, then you do not know how you
will react when faced with it. If you beleive the movie version of
life and death situations, then you will believe that everyone panics
and freaks out screaming. That is totally the opposite of what my
experiences in life have been. We did what needed to be done,
focused, and any emotional responses came later. In my case it was
guilt over chosing to put myself in that situation. I did not have a
problem with my passing away while out to sea. I had come to grips
with that years before this trip. It was my choice. But in this
situation I felt guilty having put myself in that situation while
having young ones at home. It was not fair to them to grow up without
a father because of my selfishness. At least that is what 'dawned' on
me after that experience. So at that moment I chose to change my
behaviour, and sacrifice some of what I love for the sake of my
youngin's. It was not the first sacrifice I made for them, and it
won't be the last. I have 4 of them, youngest is now 10.

Lonny


DSK wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:


If it's to risky to puy someone under the boat in bad seas then it's
to risky.

Yep, that is a judgement call.



Ive been hung on a backdown line for 4 days before. I could get under
the boat and cut loose. Nothing worse than getting the crap beat out
of you by a boat, on top of having to avoid propellers cutting you in
half.

I agree if at all possiable get someone under the boat and find out
whats going on. But not at risk of life and limb. Sometimes doing
nothing is the safest thing to do IMO.

But if the rudder or the whole rest of the boat was at risk, it would definitely be worth
it to get the snag off the rudder. It would certainly take some caution to not get bashed
under the counter..

Oz1R wrote:

5metre waves and 45kts

Wave size can be secondary to how steep & how they're breaking.

in a 50' yacht and you suffered an "emotional
reaction"?
Jesus Lonny, any sailor I know would be emotional all right..a smile
from ear to ear.

Maybe he was trying to say, in his own way, that he saw God

Fresh Breezes
Doug King