Miami-Key Largo

[Mike Beuerlein]

There's an excellent account of the Miami-Key Largo race by Great Texas 300 wannabe John Casey on the front page of Sailing Anarchy  http://www.sailinganarchy.com/index_page1.php  The race, which is just a smidge longer than our own Dash, was won by John in an excellent example of discretion being the better past of valor, in weather that can only be described as similar to mild-moderate Great Texas conditions.  What is notable, apart from the similarity of John and Steve Piche's writing style, is the graphic demonstration of the dangers of getting separated from your boat and not having appropriate safety equipment(as illustrated by the link to a Hobie 16's experience in the race).  Don't miss watching the video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_v7CJtcSj0 and reading the discussion at  http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=134906.

I have been in that situation on a couple of occasions and it makes my hands sweaty and my heart pound watching the video because I know firsthand what it is like to watch your crew or yourself separated from the boat and the distance steadily growing larger despite your best efforts to remedy the situation as exhaustion and panic gradually begin to set in.  In their case, they were in a relatively highly trafficked race course where other boats were able to effect a rescue.  In the Great Texas, you cannot expect any boat traffic to happen by...

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[Mike Rohrer]

And yet some folks still do not use the safety tethers.  Our are on at all times except when exiting and entering the surf.

 

Mike

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