----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Eskelund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Emergency help for boats in distress
>
>
> When in such a situation, remember that if you have an anchor that it can
be
> deployed until help arrives. Many seem to forget the hook in the panic. We
> cruisers of course have surplus anchors aboard, the racers I don't know
> about, as I avoid them like the plague.
Good advice, but not in 300+ ft deep water. If the Melges had dropped their
hook (assuming they had one!) they'd have been at the end of Whidby Is.
before it could catch on anything.
Cheers,
Tom Speer
F-24 MkI Ama Deus
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tspeer.com
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