Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: American Sailor Rescued After 3 Days Adrift

Hazard to navigation. I've read of other accounts where sailboats have been scuttled after being abandoned. I believe in the Queen's birthday storm they scuttled a boat after taking off the crew. Here's another. http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Rescues/2_15-16_99_around_alone.htm John Courter Cal 40 Strider From: Marsh Wise <ma… [at] reenactor.net> why would he do that? Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Sailing Boating Sailing boat Boating sailing Yahoo! News Get it all here Breaking news to entertainment news Y! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group in 3 easy steps. Connect with others.. Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, John Courter <cal40john@...> wrote: > > Hazard to navigation. I've read of other accounts where sailboats have been scuttled after being abandoned. I believe in the Queen's birthday storm they scuttled a boat after taking off the crew. Here's another. > > http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Rescues/2_15-16_99_around_alone.htm Great story and quite a guy. Mike Kennedy Conqiust Cal 40 # 96 > > > John Courter > Cal 40 Strider >

John Courter wrote: > Hazard to navigation. I've read of other accounts where sailboats > have been scuttled after being abandoned. I believe in the Queen's > birthday storm they scuttled a boat after taking off the crew. Here's > another. > > http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Rescues/2_15-16_99_around_alone.htm > <http://www.ussailing.org/safety/Rescues/2_15-16_99_around_alone.htm> I'm a big believer in the value of telling stories, like the story of this rescue, as a way of instructing us all in proper behavior. The story is moving and impressive. It's likely to inspire others if they have to make decisions under similar circumstances. Don't you wonder, though, about the design choices that create vessels that will float happily upside-down? I understand the reasons--they go fast, very fast--but only so long as you are lucky. When something goes wrong, the boat turtles, and the unlucky sailor has to be grateful that the designer, anticipating this, built in an escape hatch. Chris Campbell >