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hewebb
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Initially Posted - 01/23/2012 : 05:13:00

Yesterday I was doing some work on the Catalina and one of the stays decided to grab my cell phone, the holder, on my belt and toss it in the water. Anybody that wants to take a quick swim it is about midway down the slip on the port side. Be careful where you keep your phone when moving about the deck.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 07:00:56

On the bright side, now you can get an iPhone 4s and keep in in your pocket. (Siri is fun!)

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NautiC25
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 07:09:26

Ugh, I know how you feel. Kids dumped a cup of water into the sink where we leave our keys, phones, camera.....

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redviking
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 07:15:08

First rule of being aboard. lose the cell phone. Not in your pocket, not clipped to your belt, not in your jacket... DOWN BELOW!!! Don't ask me how I know this rule. The good news is that often sim or memory cards can be saved such that contacts can be transfered...

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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 07:23:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 ...The good news is that often sim or memory cards can be saved such that contacts can be transfered.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">My contacts are backed up automatically and for "free" on Verizon's cloud. When I got my iPhone, I downloaded the utility and presto--all of my contacts.

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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 07:32:14

Morning chuckle (actual conversation):

Son-in-law Tim to Apple's Siri: When will there be a full moon?

Siri: I don't have that information right now.

Tim: What good are you?

Siri: Now, now.

Tim: Don't worry, I love you, Siri.

Siri: You don't even know me.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 08:16:38

We finally cracked and got our daughter a new smartphone a month before school started. She was VERY proud of it and carried it everywhere, texting. On teh boat I told her she better put it away so it wouldn't go swimming. She complied. then we got back to teh slip, adn she decided to go visit friends on another boat. Off she goes, and comes back white as a ghost. Yup, one month old phone at teh bottom of a big-boat slip.

So I went swimming. Got teh phone, did the bag of rice thing, and after about 3 days it worked again, but one grain of rice got caught in the slider. She decided teh ricegrain HAD to come out. After she fixed it the touchscreen stopped working, then the buttons quit. Dumb kid took it into the store to try and exchange it, and had a heart attack when they told her what it would cost to replace teh phone. Now she has an old flip phone she got off a friend.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 08:22:03

One of my previous cell phones now resides directly below my port side shore power connection.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 08:30:09

My wife's Iphone 3GS took a dive into fresh water and is mostly OK after drying out. It sometimes opens unrequested apps, spontaneously brings up random photos, and calls sometimes fail on the first try but go through with an immediate retry; she finds it irritating, but she can upgrade in March. I dropped a cell phone into saltwater and found it to be much less forgiving.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 09:35:52

A couple of years ago, somebody walked past my slip and asked about the catbird seats at the transom. I jumped into one to ddemonstrate and my phone hit the rail and immediately popped out of the holder on my belt and into the drink. I haven't had a belt holder since. The phone stays in my pocket.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 11:56:09

My sailing "Go Bag" is a backpack and it has a small mesh pocket on each side. It's a good place to keep the phone when on the boat!
Backpack also holds sailing gloves, a Frogg Toggs rainsuit, change of clothes (t-shirt, shorts, etc), handheld VHF radio, Garmin Map76 GPS, wind speed indicator, small LED flashlight, AA batteries for GPS and light, and small first aid kit. One of the side pockets also holds a Leatherman multitool and a koozie (the neoprene type that lays flat).

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 12:09:35

A friend brought his two sons sailing with me, one in HS (occasionally) and the other "the good kid in college". Our docks float ad have tall poles every 6 slips or so. The smart one was going to cast off and did not want to bend over the edge of the dock with his phone so he "set it" on top of one of the poles, just above his head, its a pole, not a post, plop. No diving for that one. The "troubled little brother" was wonderfully happy the rest of the day.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 13:42:16

My Iphone 3GS got "water intrusion" according to the Apple store I took it to when it started to refuse to work. Although I'd had it on the boat with me, we always put phones, keys, glasses, etc. in a clear, small dry bag bought expressly for that purpose. However, on the particular day, I'd been just working on the boat and the phone had been used by me several times when I was all hot & sweaty. That's the only thing I can think of that would have caused the "water intrusion", but after trying the 3 days in the rice trick, and several other things including disassembling the phone to clean contacts, etc. it still wouldn't charge, so I bought a 4 instead. I still have the 3GS and I've found a guy on Ebay who says he can fix it for $23, I just haven't sent it to him yet. If nothing else, if I can get it to charge again we can have a spare phone, but it's worth an astonishing amount of money if it's working properly. They sell on Ebay for easily more than $100 when they're broken, and closer to $200 when they're working. I only paid $150 for mine (refurb), but it got completely replaced by a new phone about three weeks in due to some problems with the screen they couldn't fix. So it's worth the $20-$30 to fix it just so I can sell it.

Edited by - delliottg on 01/23/2012 13:42:43

PCP777
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 15:33:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dmpilc
 My sailing "Go Bag" is a backpack and it has a small mesh pocket on each side. It's a good place to keep the phone when on the boat!
Backpack also holds sailing gloves, a Frogg Toggs rainsuit, change of clothes (t-shirt, shorts, etc), handheld VHF radio, Garmin Map76 GPS, wind speed indicator, small LED flashlight, AA batteries for GPS and light, and small first aid kit. One of the side pockets also holds a Leatherman multitool and a koozie (the neoprene type that lays flat).
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This is what I do as well. The first thing I do, once aboard, is put my wallet, keys, cell phone in a bag and put the bag in the quarter berth. The way I see it, I could go over the side and I don't need to ruin any of this stuff. I used to use a small soft Coleman 6 pack cooler bag, more recently I've been using the black bag I bought for my Kindle Fire. Other items it holds:

Travel Humidor
Cigar Lighters
Cigar Clippers
Kindle Fire
Anti Acid
Phone Charger
Aux cable
Multi Tool
Mini LED Flashlight

Edited by - PCP777 on 01/23/2012 15:34:59

Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 18:30:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PCP777
 ..... for my Kindle Fire.
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I bought one for my birthday last month....one of the best things I've bought for the boat so far that I'm using everywhere else!

I don't have many books on it yet, but we should "friend" up and share books!

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waterbaby
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 20:12:10

Hubby dropped his phone just as he was stepping aboard. He had it clipped to his belt and as he stepped up, he accidently unclipped it. There was no recovery - I wasn't going in for it and neither was he. Now we do a phone check/pat down in the parking lot prior to going onto the dock. He was generous and took my old phone so I could get a new smart phone, (he has a crackberry from work) but I'm paranoid now when approaching the boat with it. I'm the clumsy one.

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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 20:35:12

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pastmember
 A friend brought his two sons sailing with me... The "troubled little brother" was wonderfully happy the rest of the day.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I get the feeling you're pointing out, very accurately, the "trouble" the little brother is having. A bittersweet commentary.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 01/23/2012 : 22:00:14

Don't ask me how but twice my step-daughters Iphone has taken a dunk in the head at home. Both times I put it in the oven on the lowest setting and let it bake for several hours. It worked both times and she's still using it.

Yes, that's a little different than the lake or bay but not all phones end up in the those places.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/24/2012 : 07:12:00

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jedv15ov3sw"]Liquipel[/url]

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 01/24/2012 : 08:38:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jedv15ov3sw"]Liquipel[/url]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I heard about this (or something like it) just a few days ago. They claim that they're marketing it to the electronics industry, and that manufacturers will be using it soon.

A friend of mine--a wirehead of sorts--sprays the inside of his cell phone and other gear with WD40--a crude version of the same solution. I'm waiting to hear about the long-term effects, and sending him this Youtube video.

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 01/24/2012 08:40:59

PCP777
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Response Posted - 01/24/2012 : 09:44:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Joe Diver
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PCP777
 ..... for my Kindle Fire.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I bought one for my birthday last month....one of the best things I've bought for the boat so far that I'm using everywhere else!

I don't have many books on it yet, but we should "friend" up and share books!
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They are awesome and I had no idea how much I'd use it to read. How do we friend up? Let's do it, I have some great sailing books! This one was my favorite and only $4.99 on Kindle. Racing, sailing, survival, rescue, MOB it's all there...

http://www.amazon.com/Proving-Ground-Inside-Sydney-Hobart/dp/0316499552

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Sam001
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Response Posted - 01/24/2012 : 19:56:30

Add me to swimming cell phone club--my droid went swimming, got it out dried - rice bag for three days in the sun, then turned it on--worked great for about 30 minutes - then BAM out dark, to the store and dead, really dead. will try the oven thing IF there is anext time.

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hewebb
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Response Posted - 01/25/2012 : 06:46:51

I have a new phone and was able to retrieve all the contacts from Verizon, however, I could not find a way to get the photos that were in the old phone back. (BTY Stinkpotter, Mystic is one of the admirals & my favorite place to visit. Love the museum there. Have visited several times in past years.)

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redviking
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Response Posted - 01/25/2012 : 07:27:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PCP777
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dmpilc
 My sailing "Go Bag" is a backpack and it has a small mesh pocket on each side. It's a good place to keep the phone when on the boat!
Backpack also holds sailing gloves, a Frogg Toggs rainsuit, change of clothes (t-shirt, shorts, etc), handheld VHF radio, Garmin Map76 GPS, wind speed indicator, small LED flashlight, AA batteries for GPS and light, and small first aid kit. One of the side pockets also holds a Leatherman multitool and a koozie (the neoprene type that lays flat).
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

This is what I do as well. The first thing I do, once aboard, is put my wallet, keys, cell phone in a bag and put the bag in the quarter berth. The way I see it, I could go over the side and I don't need to ruin any of this stuff. I used to use a small soft Coleman 6 pack cooler bag, more recently I've been using the black bag I bought for my Kindle Fire. Other items it holds:

Travel Humidor
Cigar Lighters
Cigar Clippers
Kindle Fire
Anti Acid
Phone Charger
Aux cable
Multi Tool
Mini LED Flashlight

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Hilarious! The cigar smokers ditchbag... In an emergency, have a one gallon ziplock bag aboard and throw phone in it and toss into the ditch bag along with the handheld VHF. Ditch bags float... Like this one...

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|135|296548&id=9416

sten

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Response Posted - 01/25/2012 : 08:55:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 ...Ditch bags float... Like this one...

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|135|296548& id=9416
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I have almost the identical ditch bag--handheld VHF, strobe, and a few other things live there.

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JimGo
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Response Posted - 01/25/2012 : 20:50:07

I wear hearing aids; I REALLY hope they don't wind up in the drink!

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