[C320-list] Crew Overboard!

[Andrew Santangelo]

Dean I concur.

Let me add the drowning incident happened on a small lake - Elephant  
Butte in New Mexico.  Not the Great Lakes where I used to sail.  Not  
the Pacific Ocean.  It happened on a small inland lake.

We also have netting along the bow the keep the kids and crew on  
board.  Plus it helps with the sails, when we do a sail change in our  
races.

Andrew

C320
"Dawn Treader"
#333
Pier 39
San Francisco


On Sep 14, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Dean Vermeire wrote:

> One of the things that has given us a false sense of security is  
> that we are in very safe waters.  We have no currents to deal with,  
> small waves, and we are always pretty close to shore.  We do not  
> routinely wear life jackets, unless there is bad weather.  The  
> hounds normally wear their life jackets, but not always - as was the  
> case this weekend.
>
> I failed to mention in my original post that there was another  
> danger to be dealt with.  The netting that I will put from the  
> stanchions to the cabin top is really to prevent the dogs from  
> getting injured up front.  I'm glad that the beagle got bumped  
> overboard, rather than getting seriously injured by the force of the  
> jib sheet going taught, the jib flogging, or the traveler moving  
> about.  Sailboats are not very forgiving to mistakes.