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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 01/04/09 #5622 | ||
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| - | I left Marine Park with DJ at about 2:15 today. The wind was only\\ | ||
| - | about 10 mph as we stood in the parking lot chatting with Simon.\\ | ||
| - | There were whitecaps out by the buoy but it was pretty calm around\\ | ||
| - | the Park. We headed out and by the time we reached the Point, the\\ | ||
| - | winds were increasing extremely fast. At this point, cooler heads\\ | ||
| - | would have said 'Lets turn here', but DJ and I decided to go down to\\ | ||
| - | the tunnel before turning. Once past the point, we were temporarily\\ | ||
| - | out of the heavy wind and proceeded only a little further before the\\ | ||
| - | wind came up stronger than before. I turned in towards shore hoping\\ | ||
| - | for some shelter but I still stayed about 30 yards out because I knew\\ | ||
| - | that there was an eddy going against me if I was too close. All of a\\ | ||
| - | sudden, my boat lifted up and pivoted towrds the opposite direction\\ | ||
| - | and I remember thinking to myself that this meant that it was a good\\ | ||
| - | time to turn (DJ said he thought it was a good time to turn also).\\ | ||
| - | The strong gust continued long enough to roll me and the boat over\\ | ||
| - | with the boat rolling over the top of me. I felt the boat on my leash\\ | ||
| - | (I was under water briefly) and then there was no tension on my\\ | ||
| - | paddle. I surfaced and watched as my boat rolled away in slow motion.\\ | ||
| - | I was sitting there in the water contemplating swimming for the boat\\ | ||
| - | by using the paddle as a swimming aid but the wind was too strong to\\ | ||
| - | attempt this. I yelled to DJ (who heard me) and started swimming\\ | ||
| - | towards shore. DJ had difficulty getting his boat to turn in the wind\\ | ||
| - | and finally made it over to me and asked what I wanted to do. I told\\ | ||
| - | him that he should head in and I was going to swim on in to shore. He\\ | ||
| - | circled around once staying near me making sure that I was making\\ | ||
| - | progress while swimming with a paddle and pogies in one hand. I\\ | ||
| - | thought about hitching a ride on the back of DJ's boat but I was only\\ | ||
| - | doing a 30+ yrd swim and I didn't want to risk two people in the\\ | ||
| - | water. The swim was actually quite easy. I was wearing wetsuit pants\\ | ||
| - | and a splash top with the Mocke PFD. The Mocke PFD worked really well\\ | ||
| - | for swimming. Took me about 5+ minutes to get to the rocks along the\\ | ||
| - | railroad tracks and I started the walk back to my car. I could see my\\ | ||
| - | boat about 200 yards away rolling across the water and I was already\\ | ||
| - | thinking about what color my next Special was going to be. I wasn't\\ | ||
| - | cold but my fingers were numb (they are always numb). Along the way,\\ | ||
| - | I saw Dan W. heading out towards the Point by himself and I yelled\\ | ||
| - | for him to turn back. The wind and water made so much noise, I don't\\ | ||
| - | think that we heard what each other was saying. A moment later, a\\ | ||
| - | Coast Guard rescue boat came around the drydock so I pulled out my\\ | ||
| - | radio and hailed them with an instant response. Told them about my\\ | ||
| - | boat and its location (between them and the buoy) and they set off\\ | ||
| - | after it finding it immediately. They called me back and said that\\ | ||
| - | they would meet me at the dock along the ferry terminal. By now, it\\ | ||
| - | took two people to load each of DJ's and Dan's boat onto their rigs.\\ | ||
| - | DJ and I changed quickly and headed for the ferry terminal. I was\\ | ||
| - | later thankful for DJ going with me because there was no way one\\ | ||
| - | person could have handled a boat in the ferry terminal parking lot.\\ | ||
| - | My guess was that the winds were gusting well over 40 easily. The\\ | ||
| - | Coasties were real nice and one asked if I ever knew of Gip Bowen and\\ | ||
| - | I said no, and then he said that he was an ER doc and both DJ and I\\ | ||
| - | said 'You mean Bip, and we both work in the ER'.\\ | ||
| - | Things I learned:\\ | ||
| - | 1. Mocke vest good.\\ | ||
| - | 2. Wetsuit pants good.\\ | ||
| - | 3. Velcro attachment for leash unreliable. Worked the last 100 swims\\ | ||
| - | but this time it didn't. Might have been the way I attached it that\\ | ||
| - | time but I need to find a totally reliable link (my good leash was on\\ | ||
| - | my R at home).\\ | ||
| - | 4. Radio saved my boat, great insurance for a low price.\\ | ||
| - | 5. When blowing big, stay close to shore. I felt good in the water\\ | ||
| - | and actually contemplated having DJ tow me to my boat. The swim was\\ | ||
| - | not on adenaline or panicked: actually sureal in those conditions\\ | ||
| - | 6. Having a buddy that keeps an eye on you gives you peace of mind.\\ | ||
| - | Had we been further offshore, I could have rode the back of his boat\\ | ||
| - | in.\\ | ||
| - | 7. Save yourself and let the boat go. Consider what color your new\\ | ||
| - | boat will be. If you get your old boat back, you are real lucky.\\ | ||
| - | 8. Pay attention to forecasts. We knew a strong wind was coming, we\\ | ||
| - | just didn't expect it to arrive all at once.\\ | ||
| - | Larry G. | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | Larry Bussinger <lbussing@…>** \\ | ||
| - | 01/05/09 #5623 | ||
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| - | I was hard to read this one Larry. I'm really, really glad you got\\ | ||
| - | to shore.\\ | ||
| - | Some things come to mind. I found myself paddling this weekend with\\ | ||
| - | two people who had "forgot" to bring their leash. This should be as\\ | ||
| - | manditory in your mind as bringing a paddle. Velcro is not a good\\ | ||
| - | attachment system and neither is a plastic clip. Bip very well may\\ | ||
| - | have been wearing a lease but threw it away after it failed and then\\ | ||
| - | got in his way while swimming. A front is exactly that, its a wall\\ | ||
| - | of wind. When the forecast says 40 kt. anticipate it happening all\\ | ||
| - | at once. Larry B | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | Jeff Hegedus <jhegedus@…>** \\ | ||
| - | 01/05/09 #5624 | ||
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| - | And don't forget the routine gear check; after yesterdays excursion,\\ | ||
| - | I finally put my big rudder on, and discovered that the rudder yoke\\ | ||
| - | screw (V10)was loose, and I could have lost the rudder. I always\\ | ||
| - | keep the screws real tight, and I don't know how it loosened. Also,\\ | ||
| - | fyi,for those who don't like leashes, I understand that, some time\\ | ||
| - | after Bips incident, his leash was found in the closet, at home. | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | Larry Goolsby** \\ | ||
| - | 01/05/09 #5627 | ||
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| - | Larry….Your post was almost identical to my wife's speech only your\\ | ||
| - | post was a lot nicer. I have always liked my leash system and it has\\ | ||
| - | held very well up until this event. I spoke with Shaun and we decided\\ | ||
| - | that we are going to modify our leashes by getting rid of the velcro\\ | ||
| - | and replacing it with a piece of webbing with a locking buckle. This\\ | ||
| - | type of buckle won't come undone unless you specifically thread the\\ | ||
| - | webbing back through it.\\ | ||
| - | Thanks\\ | ||
| - | LG | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | John Rybczyk** \\ | ||
| - | 01/06/09 #5629 | ||
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| - | Having recently purchased a leash, and I bought a "good" one according to those that I\\ | ||
| - | asked, I was struck by how flimsy the velcro strap was. We could take a lesson from\\ | ||
| - | surfers. My surfboard leash (in fact most surfboard leashes), have a wide, double\\ | ||
| - | overlapping velcro strap. Hard to describe, but I could show it to you. It's bomb proof.\\ | ||
| - | It's easy to put on, I've never had one come off, even in the nastiest surf. Might be a better\\ | ||
| - | solution than a buckle. Buckles can come off too if you don't fasten them right (ask any\\ | ||
| - | climber). And, if you do fasten it right, it's hard to take off quickly. Especially if it's cold. | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | kathleen petereit** \\ | ||
| - | 01/06/09 #5633 | ||
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| - | This is what I have done with my Huki leash and it's pretty bombproof\\ | ||
| - | if you have the lockhole option. I cut off about 2 inches on the end\\ | ||
| - | of the calf velcroe attachment and looped it through my lockhole very\\ | ||
| - | snugly. It takes a lot of effort to get it off when I want to remove\\ | ||
| - | it. There's no way it would pull off if I dumped unless it broke\\ | ||
| - | where the metal attachment is. On the other end I have attached a\\ | ||
| - | heavy duty brass clip from the marine shop which then attaches to the\\ | ||
| - | front of my lifejacket. I always rinse the metal attachment points on\\ | ||
| - | my leash when I rinse my vhf and ski after every paddle to avoid\\ | ||
| - | corrosion. | ||
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| - | Kathleen | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | lori & beau whitehead** \\ | ||
| - | 01/07/09 #5635 | ||
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| - | I mentioned the surfboard leash closure awhile ago & was poo-pooed for not knowing what I was talking about. I only use leashes by Bullies. You could pull me behind a truck by it… it won't come undone. | ||
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| - | **Re: heavy today\\ | ||
| - | Dale McKinnon** \\ | ||
| - | 01/08/09 #5645 | ||
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| - | It's not simply the force of the pull that makes a leash fail. The contributing factors of failure of any item of equipment are:\\ | ||
| - | repetitive use, failure at aggregated stresspoints, salt water corrosion/oxidation on any metal parts, the effect of salinity and wear on velcro and other synthetic fabrics/materials, and the mental maps of human being. By "mental maps" I mean assumptions and expectactions... (about anything). | ||
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| - | What reduces the eventuality of a leash failing (ALL leases will eventually fail), is the true usability designed into it for specific uses, attention and maintenance by its user and periodic replacement. Or simply not using a leash... | ||
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