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• 68 year old Michigan singlehander falls overboard off Puerto Rico; swims four miles to shore
  • Re: Michigan singlehander swims four miles, Wow! Food for thought.
  • Life vest not secured properly or a design flaw..????
    • Yeah, I've been trying to imagine what happened.
      • Re: Yeah, I've been trying to imagine what happened.
        • That would be my guess. Pants particularly. Was taught that long ago in Navy
          • yabbut in the navy we were taught to tie a knot in the legs and use'em for a PFD.
            • LOL Yeah- left that part out
        • Just a guess...
          • Re: Just a guess... I'll bet money you're right on that one.
          • ... And that might be how he fell overboard
        • That makes sense but . . .
          • "these types of articles often contain inaccuracies."
        • waves can get real big, real fast on the North coast of Puerto Rico.
  • This is one article I won't show the Admiral.
  • I'd go with the taking a pee off the stern and fell in...
    • Re: I'd go with the taking a pee off the stern and fell in... But...
    • always a fear. So I don't do that.. In the cockpit lives a red plastic coffee can.
      • same here 👍
        • Re: same here 👍
          • Re: same here 👍
            • Met an older dude (that is-older than me ) over in Florida on a small trawler. He HAD a small
              • You guys are crude (grin)
                • Max, I have ideas on dealing with Shengen from several cruisers at the marina
                  • Re: Max, I have ideas on dealing with Shengen from several cruisers at the marina
            • Re: same here 👍
      • Certainly, you should shorten-up the tether so you can't fall over.
        • My tether won't reach to the stern anyway....And in rough, or rainy weather, the cockpit floor works
          • Isn't that why we put drains in the cockpit? I use a milk jug cut out to accommodate. Handle.
  • Here's an opportunity for an invention.
    • Reminds me of a trip in a C-119 in the sixties. Airline strike. It had a funnel and tube.......