Item 132 Hazardous Bars.
I'm not sure, but I'd guess this has to do with breaking inlets, such as the Columbia River entrance on the U.S. West Coast. I believe that under some dangerous conditions (a strong outbound current with a strong onshore wind) the entrance can be declared closed until it becomes reasonably safe again. Perhaps the CG wants this item to punish folks for taking foolish chances requiring CG assistance to pick up the bodies. The CG has a training base there and has lost personnel on that bar. Maybe some West Coast folks can clear this up. Then again, maybe they were referring to places such as The Elbow Room in Dutch Harbor AK, supposedly one of the ten roughest bars in the world. I did survive that one - barely. I asked a native woman there if she was an Eskimo - not a good move - but she did let me live with a stern warning. I am such a lucky man... Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA > Norm, > > What is item 132? > > Lee Huddleston > S/V Truelove > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
