X-OldHeader: From poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Thu Aug 16 02:21:40 2001 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id CAA21833 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zonker.labs.agilent.com (poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.184]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id CAA13094 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from poulton@localhost) by zonker.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) id CAA10472 for wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:21:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-Id: <200108160921.CAA10472@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Re: CG doesn't transport gear
> I can't remember the last time
> I saw a broken mast at a Bay sailing site.
I have seen two broken masts at 3rd just this year. Both were breaks at
the boom (though nothing big was being done), and both sailors were able
to reverse the middle piece and sail in.
> - Yes, it would be pretty interesting to know the
> causes [ of the CG rescues]. I suspect a large majority are due to
> the wind dying and stranding people far from shore.
Yeah, I once got a tow from a Jetski at Crissy when the wind died, but
the ebb did not. Being towed with a rigged sail was very unpleasant,
but it sure beat drifting out to sea.
> Subject: Re: CG doesn't transport gear
The two times I have been picked up (near 3rd both times) the CG boat
did pick up my equipment. But I understand they are under no obligation
to do so.
The second time, getting me in the boat with a broken ankle in 8-foot
swell was exciting, as the height of the boat's gunwale varied between 2
and 6 feet, often exposing the bottom. But the equipment was made easy
because I had already tied it to myself with my 30-foot line. That
helps a lot - they can focus on rescuing the person and then just reel
in the equipment.
Ken Poulton
poulton@labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
"I can teach a man to sail, but I can't teach him why."
-- Timothy E. Thatcher
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