Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA234721493; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:58:14 -0700 Return-Path: <bjames@exponent.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA206261488; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:58:08 -0700 Received: from menlomail.exponent.com (unknown-107-17.exponent.com [198.70.107.17]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id OAA29833 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:58:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by MENLOMAIL.exponent.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <HH9710WN>; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:55:29 -0700 Message-Id: <6717C84A8642D2119F1700A0C9D5D9F4014CCE97@MENLOMAIL.exponent.com-DeleteThis> From: Brad James <bjames@exponent.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: RE: Rip Tides and Ocean Safety (or how I nearly drowned/got e aten Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:55:28 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
There are times you need to dive under a wave while you are with or near
your equipment. Wearing a life jacket in these situations won't let you
dive and could have you go thru the rinse and tumble cycle with all your
gear - not a good idea at all.
Note that on most any day at Waddell or Davenport you won't see one person
out there wearing a life jacket. Wearing a lifejacket on a big day could
get you seriously hurt.
Thanks for posting your story Ed... man, that dorsal fin part of it is
pretty spooky!
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Francois Jouaux [mailto:fjouaux@apple.com-DeleteThis]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:42 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: RE: Rip Tides and Ocean Safety (or how I nearly drowned/got
eaten
>I say body surf in. If you get a wave right and can stay on it for a bit
>you can make a lot of forward progress. Otherwise it's going to be
pretty
>hard to outswim the rip.
And wear a life jacket. Your gear goes back to shore before you
because of the volume that gets carried in the surf. Plus a life
jacket keeps your head out of the water without any effort.
I agree that a surfer should not wear a life jacket as he is tied to
his board, and he can duck dive by holding it correctly. Wearing a
life jacket when swimming in large waves will prevent you from
effectively diving deeper, but unless you are trying to swim out, it
can only help bringing you back to shore.
-Francois, who has not sailed Waddell since his own rip tide experience...
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