wrote:
On Jan 15, 8:33 am, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:50:12 -0500, hk penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|
|2 dead, 4 rescued in Va. bay after boat capsizes
|
|
|VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – Coast Guard officials say two people died and
|four were rescued after their 18-foot boat capsized Wednesday in cold
|and choppy waters on the Chesapeake Bay.
|
|Coast Guard spokesman Brian Neilan says a Coast Guard helicopter and
|boat, along with local rescuers, responded to a distress call near the
|Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
|
|Neilan says the four survivors showed signs of minor hypothermia after
|being pulled from the water. They were taken to local hospitals.
|
|Authorities are investigating the incident.
|
|The National Weather Service reported the water temperature was 46
|degrees at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. It also issued a
|small-craft advisory, with waves up to five feet high and strong winds.
|
|- - -
|
|No offense to the victims here, but you really have to be stupid to head
|out in winter weather during a small-craft advisory in an 18-foot boat.
|They probably were planning to fish at the CBBT. I've done that in the
|winter, too, but in a 46-foot charter boat with twin diesels and a
|heated cabin. I doubt the captain of the charter boat wold have headed
|out in five foot seas.

The only thing I can think to add is:

http://tinyurl.com/7cmbkx

and to note that the items are out of stock due to demand... maybe the
word is getting around!

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$450 is not to bad when you consider the alternative.. Do these things
work if you get in after you are in the water, or do you need to have
it on when you go in?



It would be seriously difficult to put on an immersion suit if you are
already in the water.

It also would be pretty difficult to fish from an open 18' small boat if
you are wearing an immersion suit.