[C320-list] Crew Overboard!

[Dean Vermeire]

  Funny you should mention Elephant...

I found this safety equipment yesterday.  Be sure to notice the 
disclaimer at the bottom!

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|135|439|315210&id=574460 
<http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C135%7C439%7C315210&id=574460> 




On 9/14/2010 2:59 PM, Andrew Santangelo wrote:
> Dean I concur.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Andrew
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> C320
> "Dawn Treader"
> #333
> Pier 39
> San Francisco
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> On Sep 14, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Dean Vermeire wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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