[Public-List] Bilge pump question

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I've got to ask Roger. Do you wear a lifejacket when 
underway?

MichaelGrosh
#220

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:50:33 -0400
  RogerW <lrwillow at toad.net> wrote:
> ALWAYS keep a sharp knife close at hand, preferably on 
>your person, as 
> when falling overboard with a line wrapped. Yeah, I,m a 
>worry-wart Boy 
> Scout! The price of a mooring, spinnaker, boat or life 
>may hang on the 
> ability to "cut-and-run". 
>    Roger
> 
> Mike Lehman wrote:
>> Then there was the time I was anchored (single-handed) 
>>in the middle of the Chesapeake in 107' of water as a 
>>stake boat for the Canadian Races. The wind was 30+ out 
>>of the north and the waves were 6 feet. I went to pull up 
>>the turning mark over the stern  and the rode for the 
>>mark  slipped and wrapped around the stern cleat. I was 
>>anchored stern to the waves. To free up slack, I had to 
>>put the engine in full reverse, directly into the 
>>weather, to get enough slack in the line. With me 
>>standing on the lazerette, a large wave broke over the 
>>stern pulpit into the cockpit. I looked around and the 
>>cockpit was full to the bridge deck. I started to ask 
>>"what the hell am I doing out here". All turned out fine, 
>>I lived and the boat did not sink.
>>  
>> Mike Lehman 
>> ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><((((º>> 
>>Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:49:33 -0400> From: 
>>gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> To: 
>>public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Subject: Re: 
>>[Public-List] Bilge pump question> > Mike Lehman wrote:> 
>>> We have actually been at a severe enough heel angle 
>>where water comes> > into the cockpit from the leeward 
>>drain.> > I was thinking the same thing. But I've been at 
>>a severe enough heel > when racing on Kittiwake that the 
>>water came into the cockpit over the > coamings. I think 
>>that meant it was time to douse the spinnaker.> > - 
>>George> > -- > 
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