Marek Thanks. I’ve downloaded both
Joel On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 9:12 AM Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > In no way I am trying to judge this or provide Sunday quarterbacking. And > even if I have some off-shore experience, even in some reasonably stormy > weather, nothing like what was described in that post. > > > > But I would like to suggest to anyone who is planning to venture on the > really open seas a read of the “Surviving the Storm” by Steve and Linda > Dashew. It is a great read and at the same time a great teaching book on > how one could prepare oneself for heavy weather and how one could cope to > survive it. The book includes a number of stories similar to what is > described in that post. One in particular is about a man who also abandoned > the boat pretty close to the US West Coast on his way from Hawaii. And > similarly the boat was still floating and probably was salvageable, but the > sailor was in much worse state (physical and psychological) than the boat. > Another interesting thing I read in that book is that the chance of a raft > surviving the boat’s overturn or even a major swamping is quite small. Most > of the attachment points that we take for granted are not strong enough to > survive several tons of water trying to rip it off. > > > > The book is available in hardcopy (e.g. from Amazon), but it is also > available as a PDF (at no charge) e.g. here: > http://www.setsail.com/weather-forecasting-storm-tactics-and-successful-cruising/ > (that page includes the link to their also great weather forecasting book). > > > > It is not a light read by far, but I strongly recommend reading through > both of them. > > > > Marek > > Ottawa, ON > > > > *From:* CnC-List <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Josh > Muckley via CnC-List > *Sent:* Friday, June 29, 2018 10:03 > *To:* C&C List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Josh Muckley <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Stus-List Amazing USCG rescue - Anybody else see this? > > > > > https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1739506892791962&id=100001980054663 > <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D1739506892791962%26id%3D100001980054663&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5032216c70ca49596f4508d5ddc9242d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636658778309544460&sdata=jPddRQb7q%2BzLjTUxx5HBA1bwsjzmpJHU2xmolJX36HQ%3D&reserved=0> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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