Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Hypothermia

Some friends of ours had a crack in the hull of their fishing boat and luckily made it back to the dock in time for a pump out. It could easily have sunk.
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The first question that I asked was if they put their life jackets on. They said , "No" because they could swim.
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Wrong answer..... Wicked, Stupid, Wrong Answer!
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I don't care if you are Mark Spitz.... sixty degree water will put you into a hypothermic state in an amazingly short period of time... you will lose your ability to reason and think, and you will grow incredibly weak. In short order, you will drown and die.
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The minute something dangerous happens on a boat in the New England ocean, put on your lifejacket first...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a disclaimer of liability for damages to anyone stepping onto the SS Neversail or The Whale Eye. I can draft a liability waiver up to that effect for you. Sage thinking.

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