To set the record strait, I was born on board of my parents sailboat when circumnavigating, somewhere in the Med. To make it a little colder I sail lake Ontario and the Greats, what I've learned is when crew falls overboard in fidget waters with no PFD the first deep breath as a reaction of the cold is full of water and that's the end of him/her. So all of you practice MOB recovery drill and learn it well. It is a procedure that saves life. Waters are not always calm. Poseidon has bad hair days too.
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] I made it, But > You will never be a true Mainer but you have earned your stripes. For > those > of you that are not Mainers you ain't one unless you were born there. I've > been there 35 yrs but I'm still "from away". Actually there is a joke that > goes something like this.... A baby was born in "the County" and the > family > moved to the Midwest 3 days later. Likewise a baby was born in > Massachusetts > and 3 days later the family moved to "the County". Upon their deaths the > local paper headlines the obituary for the Midwest boy "Local boy dies" > whereas the other read "Man from away dies". Seriously you were lucky > because survival time is <20 minutes. Bummer about the guitar. > This reminds me of the time when I first moved to Maine. I was > living in a family summer camp which I "winterized" by putting plastic > over > the windows and bales of hay around the base of the camp. Drinking water > came out of a hole in the ice. Dishes froze in the sink if I got lazy and > didn't wash them before bed. I went into the lake through thin ice and I > hit > bottom and was back sitting on the ice before the paper in my wallet got > totally wet. > Here is a little winter activity for you. Ask the local lobstermen > if they can swim, most can't and they likely will answer with something > along the lines of "why prolong the inevitable". > > Bob J. > Peace > PDQ 36 LRC > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: > 14/03/2008 12:33 PM > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
