Re: [Cal_Boats] CG Inspection

So sorry for your loss. Too young. "david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >Chris, you just never know. Since I fell in the tub last December 12th I have been a lot more careful about holding on to something firm. Older and wiser. Last month we lost our immediate past commodore. He was on a tall ladder at our club touching up some paint for Opening Day the next day. For some reason he got on the roof, lost his footing and fell to the pavement 20 feet below. Died in the ER. He was only 62. You never know.David CAL29 411 > > > On Monday, July 10, 2017 9:12 AM, "ccampbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > On 7/9/2017 5:12 PM, david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: > > When I got to my boat yesterday, the CG Aux was on the dock, doing inspections. This is one of the tasks they have been given, at least here in Chicago, and since you didn't ask I'll tell you, we have the largest municipal harbor system in the nation, over 9000 slips. And since the leader of the team is a friend of mine how could I decline? Passed with flying colors, had all the right stuff, answered the questions correctly. I just replaced some of my safety gear this spring, re-armed my inflatables, not cheap, also have standard life vests. It's nice to know that you have the right stuff. Learned that in my racing days, racing standards are tougher than the legal requirements. Boat I raced on had a rule, after dark everyone on deck wears a PFD and is clipped on to the jacklines. never lost anybody. Or if the skipper/watch said to put on PFDs, no arguments, anytime. That boat has lots of silver. David CAL29 411 > > I've had their inspections a couple times on my other boat, which lives in a marina. I always know what I'll flunk (flare expiration date) but now I can add "inflatable PFD re-arming" to that list. I also bought a $1 rubber mallet from the cheap-tool table at the hardware store to tap the fire extinguishers and keep the powder loose. As a practical matter, the boat rarely ventures more than 25 miles from a USCG station and (sadly) doesn't do much night sailing any more (nobody wants to go out, which puzzles me). The most important practice is to maintain the boat in a seaworthy condition so the water stays out of the hull, the rig stays up, and the rudder steers the boat. > > Safety issues are something that become more urgent as we get older. Young people are impervious to harm because they haven't experienced close brushes with it. We old folks know how close to disaster we have come, or we have seen others encounter it. It makes us more cautious. Just by way of gruesome example, I used to go aloft on the schooner without any safety gear. It seemed a bit timid and unmanly. But then a young crew member on the commercial schooner fell in spring fit-out. She was lucky: the shrink wrap was still in place and it broker her fall. She lived, but broke almost every bone in her body. That impressed me and I started wearing the OSHA climbing harness and tether. > > One time on the other boat the outboard stopped running as I approached the mouth of a river in a dredged channel with an unfavorable wind. I immediately sought the anchor but it wasn't shackled to the rode. Hoisting the mainsail was going to take too long, as I discovered after unfurling it. I finally used the boat's drift speed to steer around a prominent range light pole into deeper water and only then did I discover why the outboard had stopped: it was out of gas. Guess who checks the fuel before each sail now? > > On my own boats, I'm more inclined to wear a PFD if the water is cold. I've been considering devising some sort of rope foothold ladder device that would let me re-board the Cal 20 if I went over. > > Chris Campbell > > > -- {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:10px 0;padding:0 10px;} hr {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;} {color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:700;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0;} {margin-bottom:10px;} .yiv9390463954ad {padding:0 0;} .yiv9390463954ad p {margin:0;} .yiv9390463954ad a {color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;} {font-family:Arial;} {margin:10px 0px;font-weight:700;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;} .yiv9390463954ad {margin-bottom:10px;padding:0 0;} {font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;padding:10px 0;} {background-color:#e0ecee;float:left;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;padding:10px;} span {font-weight:700;} span:first-child {text-transform:uppercase;} span a {color:#5085b6;text-decoration:none;} span span {color:#ff7900;} span .yiv9390463954underline {text-decoration:underline;} .yiv9390463954attach {clear:both;display:table;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;padding:10px 0;width:400px;} .yiv9390463954attach div a {text-decoration:none;} .yiv9390463954attach img {border:none;padding-right:5px;} .yiv9390463954attach label {display:block;margin-bottom:5px;} .yiv9390463954attach label a {text-decoration:none;} blockquote {margin:0 0 0 4px;} .yiv9390463954bold {font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;} .yiv9390463954bold a {text-decoration:none;} dd.yiv9390463954last p a {font-family:Verdana;font-weight:700;} dd.yiv9390463954last p span {margin-right:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:700;} dd.yiv9390463954last p span.yiv9390463954yshortcuts {margin-right:0;} div.yiv9390463954attach-table div div a {text-decoration:none;} div.yiv9390463954attach-table {width:400px;} div.yiv9390463954file-title a, div.yiv9390463954file-title a:active, div.yiv9390463954file-title a:hover, div.yiv9390463954file-title a:visited {text-decoration:none;} div.yiv9390463954photo-title a, div.yiv9390463954photo-title a:active, div.yiv9390463954photo-title a:hover, div.yiv9390463954photo-title a:visited {text-decoration:none;} div p a span.yiv9390463954yshortcuts {font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;font-weight:normal;} .yiv9390463954green {color:#628c2a;} .yiv9390463954MsoNormal {margin:0 0 0 0;} o {font-size:0;} div {float:left;width:72px;} div div {border:1px solid #666666;min-height:62px;overflow:hidden;width:62px;} div label {color:#666666;font-size:10px;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;width:64px;} {font-size:77%;} {font-size:77%;} .yiv9390463954replbq {margin:4px;} div a:first-child {margin-right:2px;padding-right:5px;} {font-size:13px;font-family:Arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} select, input, textarea {font:99% Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} pre, code {font:115% monospace;} * {line-height:1.22em;} {padding-bottom:10px;} p a {font-family:Verdana;} p span {color:#1E66AE;font-weight:700;} {color:#ff7900;font-weight:700;} {margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;} li a {font-size:130%;text-decoration:none;} li {font-size:77%;list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;} ul {margin:0;padding:0 0 0 8px;} {font-family:Georgia;} p {margin:0 0 1em 0;} tt {font-size:120%;} ul li:last-child {border-right:none !important;} > >