[Public-list] overboard

Dave Terrell DTERRELL at message.nmc.edu
Thu Apr 6 08:46:44 PDT 2006


this is a good reason to have a working head on board. 

>>> 1ralley at comcast.net 04/05/06 8:03 PM >>>
I was told by the Coast Guard, many years ago, that most male corpses 
pulled from the water have their flys open--QED.

Gordon White wrote:

> After all the doom & gloom (probably realistic) I can relate an 
>incident that happened to a good friend, Fred Gerretson, many years
ago 
>in Long Island Sound. He was at the wheel of his sailboat, at night, 
>with his crew asleep below. Went on deck for a pee and fell overboard.

>The boat was on autopilot, in a steady wind. The crew eventually woke

>up, missed Fred,  noted the course, turned 180 degrees and sailed back

>along the course and actually found him more than an hour later. It 
was 
>in August, Fred was about 30 and a strong swimmer wearing a life
jacket, 
>and was very, very, very lucky.
>
>- Gordon White, Brigadoon II
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