Posted on 05/26/2017 1:45:07 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator
It was October and we were one of very few boats still on the lake. We were the only boat to respond to the distress call from her boyfriend on shore.
At first she refused help. The kayak was pointing toward the sky. She had a life jacket but wasn’t wearing it. It was quite windy and I had to be Very careful maneuvering my power boat near her. We finally convinced her to accept our help.
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Two female kayakers were found on the Bay a few years ago. Spring kayaking. Died from hypothermia. Never hit the water. Just sitting in the kayak, dead.
😂
Hope to take my 16 ft. Carolina Skiff out for some fishing around Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel tomorrow.
Not really as a CG vet I felt the remark was too broad, although the tips were good, poster should ah left it at that
“Speak for yourself, fool.”
No, it’s true. I had a boating accident two years ago. Earlier that morning I was at the range and when I finished I met my wife and we spent the day on the lake. Sure enough, a rogue wave hit the boat. We managed to keep from capsizing, but in the process the bag with my firearms fell over the side.
It happens.
My wife and I live on a 36ft Tashing Tashiba. We are ALWAYS safety conscience. If we crash or sink it, almost everything we own goes with it.
http://bluewaterboats.org/tashiba-36/
The lake isn’t good enough cover as any 1/2 assed police diver will prove theres nothing down there.
The ocean, miles off shore is the only solution, anything less will be considered BS
I’ve learned the hard way.
Never carry all your firearms and ammo in one trip. Always store firearms and ammo in watertight floating containers. Not doing so can lead to irreplaceable financial loss.
No alcohol? Whaaat? Dropping anchor at the sandbar just wouldn’t be right without a case of beer. And the after dinner cocktail cruise just wouldn’t be the same.
And where’s the rule about leaving the weapons cache back on land. That’s the one that hits us FReeps the hardest.
I will add one more tip. Always have a sharp knife ready and available with easy access at all times when boating.
You guys are hilarious. Not only have I lost many an assault weapon overboard (the last ten or twelve in a nominally memorable encounter with a giant squid off the Marianas,)
But I am proud to have rescued a few other boaters, one “deadly” rescue, a few offshore radio relays including MOL ENDEAVOUR when she was on fire...
Proudest moment, for reasons you may imagine, was under sail alone - leaving Spa Creek, casting a line underway to a vessel called CANTAB, and pulling her over the shoal and into the channel.
There are some salty Freepers.
See my FR page for a link to the transoceanic sailor and Freeper Kenny Bunk.
I LIKE it, so do all the guys in the business, they call themselves “Guides”
I have discovered that if you buy them a beer they will lie about where they caught fish that day. (My brilliant plan is a process of elimination... keep buying them Beer!)
I worked with a guy who went boating, got drunk, and crashed his boat into an immovable object. He ended up with multiple fractures, and his face was destroyed. After many surgeries, you still couldn’t recognize the guy from what he used to look like. Nice guy...just stupid.
And not a FReeper...I gather.
I've never been notrtioris in my life!
1) Driving a boat and drinking alcohol do not mix
2) Driving a boat and drinking alcohol do not mix
3) Driving a boat and drinking alcohol do not mix
And don’t forget your gun collection!
The voice of experience?
Yep. Twice.
Or, don’t be idiots — and have a great time!
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