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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 -- What would you do, Larry -- put ankle bracelets on everyone over 70 so their whereabouts can be tracked? Make them call in and report their position every hour on the hour? My God, this is so antithetical to America that I can't believe you're posting it. |
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