On 4/15/2012 5:49 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 1 April 2012 16:24, gene heskett<ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > >>> http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/01/us/pacific-yacht-rescue/index.html >>> >> Not good. Disabled in seas like that, they'll either need a tug, or to >> abandon. 400 miles out is a long way for a tug. >> > They rigged the emergency steering and then jury-rigged the main > steering. In the end they still arrived in port earlier than the race > organisers expected, and set sail in the next leg fully repaired. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGl0ay04q9E > (fast-forward to 3min) > > Jane, (who was, ironically, the crew doctor) is still in hospital with > a punctured lung, ruptured spleen and 4 fractured vertebrae, but is > expected to make a full, if slow, recovery. > >
>>Jane, (who was, ironically, the crew doctor) is still in hospital with a punctured lung, ruptured spleen and 4 fractured vertebrae, but is expected to make a full, if slow, recovery.<< She is lucky she didn't die from her injuries. Was your boat bashed around also from the same large waves or was that boat hit by a rogue wave? Would you do that again? I was thinking about you as the days clicked by. I like to sail but your voyage makes a trans-Atlantic look like a short hop! ;-) Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
