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Stinkpotter
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Initially Posted - 04/27/2018 :  06:36:06  Show Profile
We're all around the water... This is important information:

What Drowning Looks Like
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Merrick
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Response Posted - 04/27/2018 :  09:19:14  Show Profile
Thanks for posting. Shared with family. Like the comment if the kids are quiet, better have a look.

1981 #2555 "Aero"
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Coosaw Island, SC
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 04/30/2018 :  12:41:55  Show Profile
Thanks, Dave.


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 04/30/2018 :  19:09:52  Show Profile
This really fits with reality. Being a veteran kayaker I’ve heard lots of stories about paddlers who’ve lost their lives out in cold weather. Mammalian reflex, otherwise known as gasping for breath upon hitting cold water, has been responsible for drownings of even experienced swimmers. They go down very quickly. Air in your lungs helps make you more buoyant- on the other hand, seawater in the lungs make you sink like a stone.
Interesting about the drowning response, you try to use your arms to push your face above water. You’re so busy trying to exhale and inhale again, you cannot holler or call out.
This is why a life jacket is such a benefit - even another few seconds of buoyancy makes a difference.
Very chilling!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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