I think for most of her capsizes she was in the cabin (in the stern of the boat). So, capsizes resulted in bangs and bruises, but little risk of drowning. I would assume she was tethered somehow while rowing. The boat has (if memory serves) 150 gallon seawater ballast tanks that she filled at night and when storms were imminent, that helped make the boat self-righting. They were mostly dumped when rowing to decrease weight. She also made extensive use of a sea anchor at night and during storms. She called the big sea anchor "Papa Bear"! Shawn Kevin Whilden wrote: >Actually, I heard on a news byte that Tori capsized her craft 15 times on >this latest crossing. Last year, she had to abort her first crossing >attempt due to bad weather. Somehow I doubt it was all that boring of a >trip. Also, I would like to know how she dealt with capsizes (if indeed >true). I saw pictures of her craft, and she was quite exposed to the >weather. Also, it did not seem like she was strapped, which she must have >been to survive a capsize. Anyone know more about her craft? -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 06 1999 - 11:47:29 PST
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