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Thanks for posting that. Clears up some things. Allen On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Chuck Lennox <le… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > Check out link > > http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2012-04-24 > > >

On 4/24/2012 7:42 PM, Allen Edwards wrote: > Thanks for posting that. Clears up some things. Better still, it helps the rest of us be safer. I liked his comment on how one crew overboard affects the safety of the whole crew. We often forget that others' behavior on the boat affects everybody else in ways that it might not ashore. And the reward for reading the whole article is that you get the magnificent JFK quotation at the end. Chris Campbell

What I found interesting, in addition to the safety tips, was that the idea that they stuck their bow into a wave that knocked crew overboard and didn't get into trouble until they turned to rescue them was completely wrong. The first wave destroyed the boat, the second one knocked the remaining crew overboard as they tried to rescue those in the water. Thus the presence of the first batch of crew in the water endangered the remaining crew. That led to the point Chris is making. The main safety tip was to clip in and by implication that should not be an individual decision, everyone needs to clip in. Allen On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> wrote: > ** > > > ** On 4/24/2012 7:42 PM, Allen Edwards wrote: > > > Thanks for posting that. Clears up some things. > > > Better still, it helps the rest of us be safer. I liked his comment on > how one crew overboard affects the safety of the whole crew. We often > forget that others' behavior on the boat affects everybody else in ways > that it might not ashore. And the reward for reading the whole article is > that you get the magnificent JFK quotation at the end. > > Chris Campbell > > >

All, FYI, as the smallest boat in our class, Magic took second this year. Forty-Five miles beating to windward flying a 110 blade and sometimes a reefed main, elapsed time 5:26:40. If my math is correct, that computes to an average of 8.2653 mph or 7.1823 kts. Not shabby for a boat with a hull speed rating of 6.3 kts. Final race results are at http://miamiyachtclub.com/Miami_Yacht_Club/Regattas_files/MKL%20RESULTS%202012.pdf Read more at http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/21/2761142/rough-seas-rain-cant-slow-down.html I can't confirm five dismastings, although I did see one rig snapped off just above the spreaders. --Michael--

On 4/25/2012 10:11 AM, Allen Edwards wrote: > > > The main safety tip was to clip in and by implication that should not > be an individual decision, everyone needs to clip in. Yeah--it's not a matter of pure individualism when your actions affect others. I've done enough dumb things that almost got me in trouble (saved by dumb luck) to realize now that there are usually reasons for the rules we read about--the ones that we think, "oh, I can disobey that one just this time because _____." This past weekend a local guy drowned--out in a canoe in Great Lakes waters (cold); canoe flipped, dog swam to shore, paddler died. That reminded me of my first oh-shit moment when my kayak went over one March in water <40º F. Luckily, my wetsuit worked and I was close to shore, but I could have been a statistic. Then last night I was crossing the road on my road bicycle and had the right of way, but the little blond lady in the little sports car almost did not see me, and I did not have both hands on the brake levers, and I was thinking "oh shit" as her car came toward me. (I did have my helmet on, having learned that lesson the hard way). Bad things do happen when we least expect them, which is why we should be prepared for them. Chris Campbell