... You could even inflate the condoms to give yourself a little extra flotation - that would keep the cell phone out of the water. :) -- * Ben Okopnik *...
Happy New Year, everyone! ... I got my road rash stripes quite a while back [1] - but I've never fallen overboard in the many years I've been on the water, and...
Ben, ... water ... to the ... bottom. ... does ... That's the kind of thing I am thinking of. Need to keep the bight open and the bottom in the water to scoop...
There have been cases, well, as least one that I know of, where a solo sailor wearing a harness has gone over the side and not had the strength to pull himself...
One myth about metal boats is that they are self-insuring. They are not. You as a boat owner are responsible for your boat. If the boat burns, sinks, is...
I did some checking a while back to get some type of liability insurance on my 26 and it turned out to be a joke couldnt get anything to cover it under...
... That would be one of my concerns - and having seen the stuff, I'm not sure if it would be strong enough (the "good" kind appears to be made from relatively...
Greg: Don't you mean all boats? I am trying to follow your post, but I see no significant difference - when buying insurance - between building a metal, frp,...
Time to invoke Godwin's Law and close this thread :-) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law) -g ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... solo ... strength to ... It's a ... Monitor. ... ice cream ... living ... friend, who ... design with ... usually not a ... Whatever recovery system you...
Hi Colin, Thats a good point. Come to think of it when we picked up the windsurfer he was on his board and clambered from that to the swim platform. I have...
I fell off our 32 foot boat trying to recover the dog who had fallen in, this was at the wall on a dead flat water. I couldn't get back in to the boat and had...
... I think that holding your entire weight on the thin edge of that stuff would be extremely painful. I may be wrong - the edge may curl and provide a wider...
Aaarrgh, I noticed here that I was unclear on what I meant: ... That should be "below the surface of the water". -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux...
We did a lot of swimming this year along with folks from other boats. We tested all the boats available. Reboarding is a big problem. As the net or ladder...
... Agreed. It's important to tune your rig so you have just a little lee helm - but it's also very important to see how your boat behaves when left to herself...
Few people have the strength to pull themselves up a rope against the force of water, if the boat has any sort of speed. Have someone pull you behind a ski...
... There is something in tropical waters that is a real problem if you catch it - and yes I caught it near human habitation. I was wearing a mask at the ...
You are absolutely right about the mask and plugs. The sinus infection I obtained swimming in the ocean off Barbados almost killed me. The worst case the...
... I don't envy you in the least, but I don't think that we have the same problem; one of the first things the VA did is send me for a CAT scan (I gather they...
... 110% agree on the fresh water rinse, every time. Soap, rubbing alcohol, all help if used early. We are the same temp and salinity as tropical salt water,...
... Greg, next time I'm there, I'll see if I can get all the specifics on paper (or better yet, in electronic form) and forward them to you. It'll probably be...
... take ... working ... expensive. ... Brent shows a "single-pole" drop-down ladder in his book. I reckon that's probably about as good as it gets for a...
... Thanks Ben, that would be great. Doctors in Canada typically don't have time to do research for exceptional problems, unless it is life threatening. If...
Solid ladders , other than rungs on a transom, will beat anyone in the water senseless or cut them to shreds in any kind of swell. They are for flat water use...
Having worked on a brake press for many years I can say that flattening tubing in a 20 ft bed brake press involves about five minutes worth of labour. I...
Attaching the tether to the top of the shoulder makes it possible to pull yourself in . With any other attachement point it becomes impossible to pull yourself...
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