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

[Valerie Petit]

Totally agree with Craiggae and Odell!

Recognizing the people to came to help and if you want to recognize funny
situations, then rename or start a different trophy



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.
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