Clavote Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 The media has just switched to the epic of the moment. Media Alert. A sailor, who is going around South America, got caught in a storm. His masts, engine, navigation control are out. His sat phone is running out of batteries. But he does have the Chilean navy, USCG and a fishing vessel going to his positon to aid/save him. He's alive and healthy. He's in contact with authorities periodically in an effort to conserve batteries. He did deploy and EPIRB...for your MLU fans and haters. They do work, because they know exactly where he is from the sat positioning. Peronally, I like those expensive PLBs that you can rent in Alaska. He is an experienced sailor, but he did get caught in a storm an we do not know what he knew about the weather or his route. The sailing web sites are probably getting vultures and ghouls right about now. Molly, you'r a sailor. Every do something ballsy like that and sail in a storm? I say we should require rescue insurance for all sailors on all waters. How about that grenade. Sailors! they should pay! Time to do some winter climbing while the public is distracted. And hopefully the weather will settle, they find this guy and he praises the SAR people for risking their lives in going to save him in the middle of a storm. Quote
motomagik Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Chances are if he was going around S.America (otherwise known as the very infamous Cape Horn), then he didn't have a choice about sailing in bad weather or not. The weather patterns created by the southern ocean in this area are the most intense anywhere in the world. Sailors who venture here need to be very confident in their skills (heave-to, running bare poles/storm rigging, sea anchors, etc.) in order to be prepared, because unlike most other places bad (even horrendous) weather is commonplace. When you undertake a trip of this sort there aren't any options, you just deal best as you can with what gets thrown at you. I had my first offshore sailing voyage this past summer (to go to Squamish from Portland actually, to climb!), and it is a whole other world. Good luck to him, if he is able to stay with his ship until help arrives or the weather settles then he should be in okay shape. Quote
olyclimber Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Actually, if he survives, maybe we should think about a law that requires all climbers to rent a sailboat which they can hunker down in in case of a storm. The mast can be broken and arranged in a "Y" symbol, indicating "climber in aft bunk, please send rescue". Quote
enelson Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I THINK, if I WERE a sailor, I MIGHT be inclined to be worried about THE POSSIBILITY that this man MIGHT be getting into trouble and MAYBE as a fellow sailor I COULD have a pretty good opinion of what POTENTIALLY is going to happen or the proper response from my FICTIONALLY close sailing family. Quote
olyclimber Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Why don't the rescuers just swimming out there are rescue him? But I also have concerns about who is paying for this. In the future, if I am going to pay for these types of rescue, all sailors should be required to carry a laser equipped dolphin, with a +3 cloak of floatability. Quote
enelson Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Why don't the rescuers just swimming out there are rescue him? But I also have concerns about who is paying for this. In the future, if I am going to pay for these types of rescue, all sailors should be required to carry a laser equipped dolphin, with a +3 cloak of floatability. i trust this man's expertise Quote
Alex Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 sailing through bad storms just comes with the territory offshore. "His masts, engine, navigation control are out." Unless he's holed, he doesnt need any of these to survive if he's far enough from any lee shore, though the motor out makes it real tough to get the boat to port if the mast is gone and there is nothing left to jury rig. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 They have bad weather down there too? Quote
gslater Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 He's obviously just a reckless thrill seeker, and he should have to pay. How could anyone be stupid as to go out in the ocean during the northern hemisphere's winter? It's just wrong to put his family through this, and to endanger the lives of the rescuers. Any others I forgot? Quote
counterfeitfake Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 The ocean should be closed when there's bad weather. Quote
counterfeitfake Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Or at the VERY LEAST there should be some kind of government organization that WARNS people about these things!! Quote
Dechristo Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 If he'd grown up on a 58,870 acre lake with a Boyscout camp on it, learning to eat driftwood and seagulls, he'd have MRE's in his deck shoes, waterwings, and snorkel and he'd be happy to be in this predicament. Quote
Seahawks Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 He's obviously just a reckless thrill seeker, and he should have to pay. How could anyone be stupid as to go out in the ocean during the northern hemisphere's winter? It's just wrong to put his family through this, and to endanger the lives of the rescuers. Any others I forgot? Why are we talking about this? There is nothing to be learned from a tradegy. Just let is rest. LOL Quote
counterfeitfake Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Whenever I go sailing I take with me a submarine, in case of just such an eventuality. Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 all reefed and shizzle HZ53CxBUj68&NR that's badass. moving like 25 knots what with a double reefed main and a storm trisail? yessssssss Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Wait...is that Kevin Costner at the helm? Quote
Skeezix Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 Moderators: Please move this to the pirates thread. Quote
ZimZam Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 Golly Sergeant.. I don't know what would make a feller sail round that there cape when he knows it could rain." Quote
joblo7 Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 Sailors should only go in Fairweather. over and over Quote
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