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What did these sailors do wrong?
"Larry" wrote in message ... Chuck Gould wrote in ups.com: One of the saltiest and most capable boaters I ever knew was cruising his 38-footer until a week before he died. In fact, we were with him when he started having chest pains one evening at the Silverdale town dock. We took him to a hospital to get checked out. That was the beginning of the end for him, he didn't survive the angioplasty operation the following week. He was 83 or 84, and his wife a couple of years younger. What a bunch of nonsense. NOONE you'll ever meet on the dock over 60 years old should be allowed to be the primary muscle on any boat going out of the harbor, out of sight of land. I don't give a damn how many years him and his wife got away with it. An 80+ year old man CANNOT do the physical work of a much younger man (or woman), required to handle such emergencies in such conditions. Hell, the 20-somethings are overwhelmed by a lot of it. Doesn't wash, no matter how many years they got away with it. Larry -- Just because I am over 70, you want to take my boat away? I will admit that the reason I bought my little ketch 11 years ago was because being a split rig makes it a lot easier to handle the sails. I guess it is time for me to join the stink potters and but a trawler. Leanne |
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"Leanne" wrote in :
Just because I am over 70, you want to take my boat away? I will admit that the reason I bought my little ketch 11 years ago was because being a split rig makes it a lot easier to handle the sails. I guess it is time for me to join the stink potters and but a trawler. Leanne Not at all! I never said that! I said that IF you want to go offshore, expecting young rescuers to risk their lives to save you, you MUST be certified to be in a certain physical condition...or...failing that...MUST have certifiable seamen aboard able to handle the boat during your incapacitation or in overwhelming emergencies. Noone's gonna take your boat toy away from you. But, let's be reasonable just for a change, this hermit-on-a-boat crap you see on every dock, the old man with the heart condition sailing with his clueless wife who is, at best, an "informed passenger" and servant, "and the world can kiss my ass" attitude IS endangering lives, besides their own. Those boys in the helo deserve more respect and to be treated better than just cannon fodder for some old fool hell bent on killing his family....at all costs. There DOES come a time, at some point, where EVERY ONE OF YOU needs to be told NO, if you're so self-centered you cannot see the danger you're putting yourself, and these rescuers/other boaters/etc. in. This boat stupidity of just having money, being totally blind and driving the Hatteras 58 away from the dock is JUST STUPID! Larry -- This spammer called my cellphone: First American Payment 10101 E Arapaho Rd Richardson, TX 75081 972-301-3766 They were nasty when I politely said I wasn't interested....(c; |
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On Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:23 +0000, Larry wrote:
This boat stupidity of just having money, being totally blind and driving the Hatteras 58 away from the dock is JUST STUPID! It won't happen too many times. Insurance companies are the real gate keepers. |
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