Being a total landlubber, I don't understand why it's "extremely dangerous" to change boats in the middle of the water. They seem so easy to step on to and off of when they are at a dock. Do people find it so difficult to move from one boat to another when the boats are bobbing on the waves?

I know I do, it really screws up my balance.Trying to walk on a moving target is not easy for me at all..

 

I know I do, it really screws up my balance.Trying to walk on a moving target is not easy for me at all..

Yebbut...if you fall, you will get all wet.
Don't people expect to get wet when they spend all day on the ocean?
It's the, "OMG I might get wet" that puzzles me.

 

Being a total landlubber, I don't understand why it's "extremely dangerous" to change boats in the middle of the water. They seem so easy to step on to and off of when they are at a dock. Do people find it so difficult to move from one boat to another when the boats are bobbing on the waves?

Because they rarely pull you off by boat. A helicopter is far more expedient. They drop a line to the boat. If you ever saw what a mast does in rough weather you would understand. The alternative is to jump from the sailboat into the water but once you are in the water in rough weather, you are taking your chances if you are going to be retrieved.

I took a safety at sea seminar. There was a demonstration of how to deploy a life raft the took place at a pool. The instructor tossed the raft into the pool, inflated it, then took the tether up to the top of the high dive. The announcer asked "what the heck are you doing". The instructor responded "waiting for the water to rise"! Point being you never leave the boat until the very last minute. Climb the mast if you have too. Hanging on the mast is far safer than being in the life raft. The boat is still more stable than the raft and is a bigger target for rescue as even under water several feet still easier to see than a tiny raft.

Even rescue by ship is a dangerous undertaking for a small boat. You are talking about maneuvering a very large ship up against a small boat. Not an easy thing to do. Then the occupants of the boat need to be able to climb aboard the ship or be hauled aboard using a harness. You just don't step aboard a Coast Guard Cutter from even the largest of recreational boats.

I don't know if they would deploy a smaller rescue boat from the ship which might make the transfer process a bit easier. My guess they would not risk the crew if the weather was rough.

 

OK. I'm starting to get less stupid. The first principle of changing boats on the water is that you wait until the prevailing conditions are already life threatening.

ps, the weather is, "normal" today. Heat Index of 106F. The "following" mass of less humid air is expected tomorrow.

 

OK. I'm starting to get less stupid. The first principle of changing boats on the water is that you wait until the prevailing conditions are already life threatening.

Basically yes but then there would be no reason to leave. The boat will usually withstand far more punishment than its occupants. I meet a guys once that later drown to death in the North Atlantic. He was leaving the Chesapeake Bay when he hit a sandbar pretty hard. He was single handing but his support people wanted to pull the boat to check the keel. He refused as he needed to be in France soon for the start of a race.

That was a fatal mistake. Somewhere in the North Atlantic, the boat's keel fell off. He went in the water. His second fatal mistake is he never registered his EPIRB so his beacon was ignored (the Coast Guard was tracking too many beacons to places like stores in downtown San Diego, so at least at that time they were ignoring unregistered beacons). His final fatal mistake was he was not wearing his survival suit though he would have probably died eventually since no rescue beacon went out.

They found the boat still floating upside down. Never found him. Last I heard the boat was still sailing after a new keel and rigging.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40830238/fognado-engulfs-california-beach

 

Just left Vegas this week.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/weather/1-missing-7-rescued-after-flooding-near-las-vegas-strip-video/

https://twitter.com/CSStevensphoto/status/893594566644727808

 

Just left Vegas this week.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/weather/1-missing-7-rescued-after-flooding-near-las-vegas-strip-video/

https://twitter.com/CSStevensphoto/status/893594566644727808

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Years ago, I went on a service call to repair a customers Tallgrass harddrive / tape backup combo. The repair required a board that I did not have. I informed the customer I would order the part and return the next day. As I was driving away it started to rain.

The next morning I got in the part and called the customer. No one answered the phone. I tried all day. Finally someone answered the phone late in the afternoon. I told them I had their part and would be out soon. They told me not to bother. Twenty minutes after I left their office they got flooded out and had to be rescued by canoes. Everything was wiped out including the harddrive I was to repair. Someone was looking out for me that day.

 

The government is spying on you!

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That same antenna was probably following them all the way back to Monterrey.

 

That same antenna was probably following them all the way back to Monterrey.

That sentance could be the origins of a country western song.

 

That sentance could be the origins of a country western song.

A country-western, with a dash of alien abduction...

 

Nothing to report here. Typical summer sauna with afternoon thunder-boomers.
Been busy all week. Just poking my head up so people don't think I'm dead.
Carry on as usual.

 

Come up and visit for awhile. Been nice and cool here. And @GopherT has plenty of room!

OK I have space too,

 

Come up and visit for awhile. Been nice and cool here. And @GopherT has plenty of room!

OK I have space too,

My wife gets mad when I bring strays home.

 

Upper 20° to 30's C , trouble is Lightning blamed for starting 19 forest fires here in just 24 hours this weekend.
Max.

 

Just got back from Colorado, a couple mini burst of thunderstorms we made it through without incident or issues, we missed the heat followed by humid heat while declining tonight not to bad after the trip. We had a fun run, and to my wife's surprise some bikers out of Florida and Grand Junction was their stop over, WW Peppers Restaurant I had Swiss Elk burritos very good and the menu spawned other types very well rounded for a Tex Mex Restaurant a little pricey but good food, good help.

kv

 

Looks Like I'm going to have to let the antenna down.
Put some screws in those loose fence boards...
Put the wheelbarrow in the shed...
Good thing I attached hurricane straps to hold the shed down!
I hope my roof stays on.

Hurricane, "I" is going to be here about Sunday or Monday.
Oil change, gas, tires, suitcase...check...
People already bailing?
When it's 4 or 5 days away?
Must check for high land in Florida...or head for Georgia.
A Ford Explorer gets horrible gas mileage. Some gas stations are already out of fuel!
Maybe it will run up the center of the state and fall apart suddenly!
Still...a Category 2 is about 100 MPH.
It's getting scary here.

 

Hopefully it will take a different path but it is a matter of being prepared. As of right now it looks to have a half dozen possible paths including right up the center of Florida. You can either sit tight or start a northerly migration up the coast but it sure would be nice to have a good track rather than a collection of maybe.

Ron

 

Weather is fairly nice here. No cloud or rain so far. Have passed a good day. Much enjoying. Lots of fun with friends. lol

It would be quite helpful if you were to tell us where you're located.

 

I thought Bangladesh was in the monsoon season. AND much greater rainfalls than normal......is that not true?