[Capri25] SUBMIT YOUR STORIES FOR THE 2017 Man Overboard Trophy

[Odell Tuttle]

I think you're making an important point.  These are serious incidents and
we should not be making light of them.  We should award trophies to boats
that give aid, not the ones that wipe out.

OT



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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Smith, Craig A (AME MN14) via Capri25 <
capri25 at lists.wyc.org> wrote:

> Should we really be joking about potentially life-threatening incidents?
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> Bert Foster would often say “no one ever died in Lake Minnetonka while
> wearing a life jacket.”  While that has a certain ring of truthiness, I was
> involved in a COB rescue on the lake this year that gave me pause.  After
> watching 3 other boats attempt to recover the swimmer over the course of 10
> min, we made contact but it took another 5min to pull the soaking and
> shivering crew aboard, despite the relatively low freeboard of a J/22.  Her
> automatic inflator had deployed but only one side inflated (presumably
> because the Velcro had never been exercised).  Once aboard, she asked for
> another PFD least she find herself back in the water.  I asked the swimmer
> how long she thought she had been in the water.  Answer was “couple of
> minutes.”  She was clearly hypothermic and we eventually convenience her to
> shelter below.
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> We gave up several places to affect this rescue, and RRS 60.1(b)
> request-for-redress was granted with “average points.”  This would have
> been worse than DFL but Blake corrected an obvious injustice.
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> Standing offer: there’s a bottle of rum for any boat that rescues me or a
> member of my crew.  Awarded once so far, when I asked “what kind of rum do
> you like?”  the answer came back “the kind with a handle.”
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> *From:* Capri25 [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org] *On Behalf Of *Carmen
> "CC" Velarde via Capri25
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:19 PM
> *To:* Capri 25 WYC <capri25 at lists.wyc.org>
> *Subject:* [Capri25] SUBMIT YOUR STORIES FOR THE 2017 Man Overboard Trophy
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> Hello Capri 25 Fleet,
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> It's time to think back at the mayhem, debauchery, and the carnage we all
> of endured and pull together your story describing a "man overboard"
> incident you witnessed this season. Your story has to be of a man overboard
> incident that actually happen..... not an invention.
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> *The Man Overboard Traveling Trophy .....*
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> This trophy is awarded to the crew member or boat that demonstrates the
> most amusing or ridiculous blunder. This award is selected by the previous
> winner. A traveling trophy will be awarded along with bragging rights.
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> Please submit your stories to the 2016 Man Overboard winner, Odell Tuttle
> at otuttle at gmail.com by 5:00 pm Sunday, October 29th, this Sunday.
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> Thank you and we look forward to receiving your creative stories.
>
> CC
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