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mash412

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19. What were the safety requirements for this race?
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 02:38 PM
Apr 2012

In other venues, a boat is required to have jack lines; and crew, when on deck, must attach their tethers. It is also a requirement to wear an auto-inflating PFD from dawn to dusk but, in these conditions, both harness, tether, and PFD should have been used, day or night. A rogue wave is not a fluke. It can only happen under certain obvious and visible conditions (unless it was nighttime) and it is the responsibility of the skipper to dictate that all crew be tethered to a jack line... nonnegotiable. A good weather briefing should have alerted the competitors to a rough passage. When the sea is setting against a windward shore, anything that sticks out of the water (like the rocky shore of an island) needs to be given a very wide berth. The safest place to be, even in a gale or storm, is open water.

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Oh, pacha mama. I am so, so sorry for your loss and for all the friends and families of cbayer Apr 2012 #1
You have my sincerest condolances kentauros Apr 2012 #2
The weather on Saturday was beautiful and clear.... Pachamama Apr 2012 #4
We bought our boat in the delta and kept it in the bay for 3 months before coming down here. cbayer Apr 2012 #11
Thanks for the lucid explanation kentauros Apr 2012 #17
From the article "The power of those waves is incredible." panzerfaust Apr 2012 #3
"A Parable of Immortality".... By Henry Van Dyke Pachamama Apr 2012 #7
This is very sad indeed. peace13 Apr 2012 #5
We need to hope for miracles, always.... Pachamama Apr 2012 #13
I'm so sorry, Pachamama. EFerrari Apr 2012 #6
Thanks Elizabeth.... Pachamama Apr 2012 #9
This kind of news is life changing. EFerrari Apr 2012 #25
Bat girl who greeted Bonds after 500th homer among missing sailors n2doc Apr 2012 #8
Question. disndat Apr 2012 #10
Yes, they are required by both the US Coast Guard and Racing Committee.... Pachamama Apr 2012 #14
I've sailed but never raced. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #12
They are used, but usually in really bad conditions when on deck. Sometimes a rogue wave comes Pachamama Apr 2012 #15
I guess I'm just a conservative sailor. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #16
What a trajedy TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #18
What were the safety requirements for this race? mash412 Apr 2012 #19
Not sure - but they would follow the OYRA rules and US Coast Guard and US Sailing guidelines Pachamama Apr 2012 #22
I agree with your thoughts. HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #26
My heart goes out to the families hootinholler Apr 2012 #20
Thanks Hoot.....The families are in shock.... Pachamama Apr 2012 #23
Back at ya hootinholler Apr 2012 #27
I know the area and of the water dangers of which you speak. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #21
I am so, so very sorry. ((((hugs)))) nt riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #24
The Gulf Coast Morn's with you and all of our sailing bretheren Sgent Apr 2012 #28
I was reading about this yesterday on CNN.com Scairp Apr 2012 #29
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