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

[Carmella Foster]

Just to clarify, isn’t this trophy specific to the Capri fleet?  While I agree the situations can be serious, they can also be comical which makes a good story for the selection process. As far as I know, this trophy has always gone to someone who fell overboard from a Capri (or sank the whole boat).  If you want to have a “life-saver” trophy for a boat that assists, I think it should be given by the yacht club, not the fleet, with boats from all fleets being eligible.  The Capri fleet can still give their own trophy for foredeck gymnastics.

Carmella

From: Capri25 [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org] On Behalf Of Valerie Petit via Capri25
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:23 AM
To: Smith, Craig A (AME MN14) <Craig.A.Smith at honeywell.com>
Cc: capri25 at lists.wyc.org
Subject: Re: [Capri25] SUBMIT YOUR STORIES FOR THE 2017 Man Overboard Trophy

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<mailto:capri25 at lists.wyc.org>> wrote:
Should we really be joking about potentially life-threatening incidents?

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.

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.

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.”



From: Capri25 [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org<mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org>] On Behalf Of Carmen "CC" Velarde via Capri25
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:19 PM
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Subject: [Capri25] SUBMIT YOUR STORIES FOR THE 2017 Man Overboard Trophy

Hello Capri 25 Fleet,

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.

The Man Overboard Traveling Trophy .....
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.

Please submit your stories to the 2016 Man Overboard winner, Odell Tuttle at otuttle at gmail.com<mailto:otuttle at gmail.com> by 5:00 pm Sunday, October 29th, this Sunday.

Thank you and we look forward to receiving your creative stories.
CC

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