Here it is ... you are right he was tethered and had a life jacket on...
but they were in 8 foot waves! I had no idea that the water was that
rough.
That would be a very rough ride at the bow.So he was likely being
pushed into the waves, while hanging from the tether and it would be
eas
Not to drag this into the morbid, but I think I read somewhere that he
did have a tether. My guess is he went overboard and the tether dragged
him along, maybe hitting the side of the moving boat, until his partner
realized he was no longer on the bow. The conditions were described as
strong wi
On 7/22/2015 12:28 PM, andy pugh wrote:
> On 22 July 2015 at 16:34, Dave Cole wrote:
>> At night it is common practice to tie in via lifelines even if there are
>> other crew on the boat since it is difficult to find someone in the dark
> And other crew are only any help if they know how to do a M
On 22 July 2015 at 16:34, Dave Cole wrote:
> At night it is common practice to tie in via lifelines even if there are
> other crew on the boat since it is difficult to find someone in the dark
And other crew are only any help if they know how to do a MOB recovery.
I used to resent the MOB drills
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/lake-michigan-drowning-tragic-accident/article_d2aa217d-cd0e-5e4f-aa7b-18615469fe1e.html
That is sad.
As a fellow sailor on the Great Lakes, it is easy to see how this could
happen at night when he was going to the bow of the boat to tend a sail.
I wonder if h
Sorry about the subject line, the auto-correct on my phone snuck up on me,
corrected mis-spelling above.
Loss of a founder can sometimes be the demise of a small company. It is good to
hear that Greg Jackson did what was needed to allow Tormach to continue into
the future.
-Tom
> On Jul 22, 20
