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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

15-02-2018, 05:06

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Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

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Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Bingo, Jim. Morally, our first responsibility is the damage we may do to OTHERS.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

15-02-2018, 05:04

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Well how wonderful you are. Let's pile on those who tried, and failed. Why would you assume that I was directing my comments to you specifically, when they obviously didn't apply to you?

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

14-02-2018, 02:07

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Some people really have an axe to grind with the world, and it shows in the sometimes-nasty replies to a thread like this one. Some people who worked a lifetime to be able to do cruising their way in...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

12-02-2018, 05:05

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Whenever there is a wreck, fellow sailors pile on the skipper and cite reasons why it could NEVER happen to them. As an instrument-rated pilot, I saw the same human reaction to air crashes. In this...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

10-02-2018, 16:00

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Yes, it's a common reaction, among sailors AND pilots. What we're doing is dangerous, and it's natural to ask one's self "Can I learn something from this, or is it something I already know?"

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

10-02-2018, 03:59

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

If it happened on the north side of the pass, yes. There is shoaling and there are breakers there, but the bottom is sandy. I suspect that the keel on that old boat was just ready to depart.

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

10-02-2018, 03:38

Replies: 842

Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

Views: 106,366

Posted By danielamartindm

Re: Another Keel Lost; Another Capsize

"The red and green buoys seemed out of place."

Indeed, at the mouth of the pass, they are. After some shoaling issues, some markers were replaced or moved, leading to one "green right returning"...

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