Received: from zonker-fddi.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA06933; Wed, 8 Jun 1994 12:39:22 -0700 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA00886; Wed, 8 Jun 1994 12:39:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 12:39:18 -0700 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9406081939.AA00886@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Rescue and crissy wind
> Why don't they just charge for rescues? There must be some profound
> reason, but at the moment it escapes me. Most windsurfers would be
> able to pay for it, and perhaps even happy to do so if it's cheaper
> than their about-to-be-ditched $800 rig.
I think that some people will delay too long if they know they have to
pay hundreds or even tens of dollars for a rescue. Many people will
think they can make it in or at least want to try. Given the 60 minutes
it took from our decision to call the Coast Guard until they arrived,
delaying until you're too tired to try any more could be fatal.
We're not always thinking clearly in a breakdown. Every time I've been
in one of these situations, I always think of things I or we might have
done better after the fact. Coloring the decision to call the Coast
Guard with a price tag will cause people to delay.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." -- Clint Eastwood
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