Charlie Morgan wrote:
A 92 foot sailboat collided with a large coal transporter at about 4
am off of Port Jefferson this morning. Just like the crash a couple of
years ago when the crew of a sailboat was thrown overboard when hit by
a large Motoryacht in fog. The captain of that sailboat died.

tragic but the skipper did not die.

The three people on the sailboat this time were all thrown overboard,
too. One was uninjured, one was injured slightly and the third was
pulled from the water unconsious.

Once again, I'll recommend that PFD's and tethers are a REALLY good
idea anytime you are in poor visibility conditions, even if it seems
as if conditions are otherwise benign.

why? so you can be dragged down with the boat?

Joe

CWM

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 07:52:15 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:
A 92 foot sailboat collided with a large coal transporter at about 4
am off of Port Jefferson this morning. Just like the crash a couple of
years ago when the crew of a sailboat was thrown overboard when hit by
a large Motoryacht in fog. The captain of that sailboat died.

tragic but the skipper did not die.

Well then, they held a funeral for a live guy.

USCG SITE SAYS "Public Affairs Detachment New York
U.S. Coast Guard



Sept. 20, 2006
ENS Kristin Diroma
(203) 468-4505
Press Release


One Dead, Two Rescued After Vessels Collide in Long Island Sound

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--A woman is dead and two men were rescued following an
early morning collision between a 600-foot freighter and a 92-foot
sailboat five miles north of Roanoke Point Shoals in Long Island Sound,
4:30 this morning. Roanoke Point Shoals is located north of Riverhead,
N.Y., along Long Island's North Shore.

A Coast Guard rescue boat from Station New Haven recovered two of the
three-person sailboat crew and transferred them to local EMS. The
woman was pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital. A man was being
treated for mild hypothermia. The third crewman, the sailboat captain,
was rescued by the freighter's small boat and was transported by the
Coast Guard rescue boat to shore. He is reportedly in good physical
condition.

The 600-foot coal carrier BARKALD was transiting outbound to Halifax,
Nova Scotia, from Bridgeport, Conn., and a 92-foot sailing vessel was
transiting inbound to Greenwich, Conn., when the collision occurred.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received the initial call at 4:04
a.m. and immediately launched a rescue boat from Station New Haven.
The Coast Guard rescue crew arrived on scene at 4:29 a.m. Seas were
reported at two-to-three feet.

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Long Island Sound ordered the
Marshall Islands-flagged BARKALD to a New Haven anchorage area pending
the start of an investigation. As is standard for all marine
incidents, the Coast Guard ordered drug and alcohol screening of the
BARKALD's crew.

The sailing vessel sank with 600 gallons of diesel onboard. The Coast
Guard is monitoring for potential pollution from this incident.

Photos of the M/V BARKALD can be found on the internet at
http://www.taft.com/Ships/Barkald/Barkald.html.




The three people on the sailboat this time were all thrown overboard,
too. One was uninjured, one was injured slightly and the third was
pulled from the water unconsious.

Once again, I'll recommend that PFD's and tethers are a REALLY good
idea anytime you are in poor visibility conditions, even if it seems
as if conditions are otherwise benign.

why? so you can be dragged down with the boat?


No. It's so you won't be hurled off of the boat, which can happen in
even a relatively low speed collision.

Yeah also keeps you from diving off as the bow of a freighter pokes
outta a fog bank about to run you down.


I further recommend that you
should wear a foam PFD, not an inflatable.

makes it hard to swim under water if needed, but the bonus, is not
body armor, but if you are knocked out you should float with your nose
and mouth out of the water.

It offers a little
protection if you bang into something, or get knocked down on the
deck, and also offers at least a little help against the onset of
hypothermia.

Not enough help to slow hypotherma enough to matter, most heat is lost
thru the head, armpits, and groin, not areas covered with a PFD.

Tell me you wouldn't always have a knife to cut your tether if the
need arose. Some sailor!

Hard to cut a teather if you just got slapped un-conscience against the
boat. Most people who get run down, do not have the time to pull a
knife and cut a thether, if they did they would not get hit.

The smarter thing to do in foul weather is keep a proper watch, or
anchor in an area a ship can not plow over you. You would think a 97
fter with a crew of four would maintain a radar watch in foul weather
and contact all shipping in the area if needed.

Joe

CWM

Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 08:54:12 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 20 Sep 2006 07:52:15 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Charlie Morgan wrote:
A 92 foot sailboat collided with a large coal transporter at about 4
am off of Port Jefferson this morning. Just like the crash a couple of
years ago when the crew of a sailboat was thrown overboard when hit by
a large Motoryacht in fog. The captain of that sailboat died.

tragic but the skipper did not die.

Well then, they held a funeral for a live guy.

USCG SITE SAYS "Public Affairs Detachment New York
U.S. Coast Guard



Sept. 20, 2006
ENS Kristin Diroma
(203) 468-4505
Press Release


One Dead, Two Rescued After Vessels Collide in Long Island Sound



That is the story about today's collision, in which a woman died.

What I said was The CAPTAIN of the sailboat that hit the Hilaria a
while back died.

CWM

Oh... my mistake.

Joe