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There is another thtread about someone with a bad shore power
connection and what to do with it. I agree, the guy has no right to
endanger others. I consider myself to be a fairly knowledgeable person
but had never had my boat in a marina and never had shore power so I
was not familiar with the dangers. When cruising, we stayed in a
marina for the first time. I decided to swim to check my prop for
fouling as I always did.
The water felt really strange, sorta tingly all over. My shaft zinc
that had just been installed a month ago was nearly gone. I was in
mask and snorkel looking at it trying to figure it out when it suddenly
occurred to me, ELECTRICITY! I swam away from the boats without
touching anything and got out of the water at the shore. Sure enough,
the guy next to me had a bizarro shore power cord with two prongs, just
regular zip cord.

Hi:

Well what ever yo do not take the advice of Granny Rosalie.
She wold most likly tell you that it was you own damn falt for being in
the water.
Or as she said in another post.....................

"...We were taught to assess probability (how likely something was to
happen) and hazard (how severe the problem would be if it happened).
In this case... would not trip would be very great, but the probability
would be low.
You can think of almost any
scenario where there is a possibility of something happening. That
doesn't mean that it is probable....."
Rosalie B.

"So why would you be going in the water anyway for? Don't ya know that
water is dangerous?"

Bob

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