Menu

Boat Safety - and thread arguments

Search this Thread

Prev

Previous Post

Next Post

Next

#8

Report Post

posted to uk.rec.sailing,rec.boats.cruising

Stefan

Posts: n/a

Default

Boat Safety - and thread arguments

In article ,
says...
I have far more scary
moments driving on a motorway due to totally incompetent manouvres by idiots
than I ever have sailing/climbing/parachuting/sailing where I can rely
entirely on my own preparation and planning.

Not actually true though if you think about it.

Climbing, and alpine climbing in particular, you can be killed just by
being in the wrong place/wrong time. Serac collapse and rockfall are the
main causes. Climbers have a term for this: "objective risk". It means
if you choose to do this particular route, you can do everything right
and still come to grief.

Not true of Nimbus's sport either (mine also at one time). There are
glider pilots who have been knocked out of the sky by other aircraft,
typically other gliders in crowded thermals. Wrong place, wrong time. I
even know a glider pilot who was struck by lightening.

Sailing.....maybe less of a case to make, but a friend of a friend was
drowned when out in F9 when the maximum breeze forecast was F6. Wrong
place, wrong time.

At an order of magnitude driving and climbing involve something around a
1 in 10,000 annual risk of being killed. Alpine climbing is a lot higher
(back to "objective risk") as is gliding. Sailing is lower. Climbing and
sailing don't have reliable participation figures so precise figures
aren't obtainable.

Reply With Quote

Reply With Quote

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

Posting Rules
Smilies are On [IMG] code is Off HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Boat Sank due to Syphoning Effect	phasmatis	Cruising	53	January 28th 06 03:10 AM
Grist for the discussion mill....(long)...	[email protected]	General	3	January 24th 06 05:17 AM
Urgent ! Can anyone understand these safety data ?	[email protected]	Cruising	22	December 9th 05 01:06 AM
Who Am I	Skipper	General	38	October 19th 05 08:50 PM

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:12 PM.

About Us

"It's about Boats"

Contact Us BoatBanter Home Privacy Statement

Copyright © 2017