Rescue off southern Calif Aug 1

[jjablonowski]

On August 1 2008, two women crew were knocked overboard during the Santa Barbara to King Harbor race. One was picked up by her own crew, the other by another racer. Their story is posted here

Scuttlebutt Forum: Discussion: Dock Talk: Successful Rescue – Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race

[dealweb]

SailingAnarchy.com has a couple of articles on that too. Judy was one lucky lady.

[chuck5499]

i use to climb big mountains and regardless of the experience level of the climbers it was always safety first - second and thrid
as i learned to sail i carry that with me
these ladies seem to think that their experience can overcome safety as they listed all the things that they did not do -
i for one would never ever sail with them - they do not seem responsible and take safety lightly or as an after thought - it almost cost one of them their lives
just my opinion
chuck and svsoulmates
ki4sry
on the hook in city island,ny

[Boasun]

The point is these ladies learned from their mistake and lived to pass it on to others. They also understand the desasterous ending that could have happened.
Yes I would sail with them because they are now more safety concious about envioment around them.

[EpicAdventure]

Originally Posted by chuck5499

i for one would never ever sail with them - they do not seem responsible and take safety lightly or as an after thought - it almost cost one of them their lives

... or now is the time that I would sail with them. After an experience like that, I suspect they will run things a little differently on their boat.

It just goes to show that the problem is we get complacent when we have done things over and over and have not had an accident.

[sailingdog]

Why didn't they have a rigging knife handy? Cutting the spin sheet would have been a very quick fix to the boat being pinned by the chute and would have probably given them a lot more options.

[chucklesR]

They might have had plenty of experience on board (8 transpacs etc..) but they clearly had not one once of brains.

They even turned OFF the radio in the middle of the incident, with the helo still overhead - on purpose!!

Idiots, incompetents and worse, knuckle heads.

[T34C]

Chuck- You read my mind.

They had a lot of experience doing things wrong. Perhaps they should have invested in a copy of "Sailing for Dummies". It would have served them better than all their "experience" put together. In a word, their seamanship, SUCKS.

One big leason to be learned for those starting out. Just because the captain SAYS he's done it all, don't blindly put your life in his (her) hands until you make sure they know what they are doing. Frankly with their lack of brains and experience doing thing well, I wouldn't step foot on that boat. They may not be so lucky the next time.

[GBurton]

Stuff happens. Glad they are OK and everything turned out well.

[jgeissinger]

I know these sailors. They are anything but idiots or incompetents, but rather are excellent and experienced offshore racers. They immediately admitted that they made serious errors concerning pfd's and tethers. They explained the reason for turning off the vhf. You weren't there. You don't know them. They have more offshore ocean miles individually than 99% of the jabberers on this board will ever see. It was an accident. They are safe. They wanted to tell others of lessons learned. And to those who said they wouldn't set foot on their boat, don't worry, I don't think they are going to ask you.