From: "ralph diaz" > Before we get too far afield on this, I would like to get back to some > things I read in all the thoughtful contributions to this string of > postings. > > I forget who said this but someone went back to First Aid 101 and its > first principle, assess the overall situation before deciding on a > course of action ralph in the orginal post: >Two fellows in a small motorized dinghy were going out to a moored vessel (either they owned it or were thinking of buying it). Their dinghy flipped for some reason (the water is relatively shallow there and boat wakes stack up viciously) ======================================================== ok. around here - chop near sea walls often means really shallow water. so it would make sense to yell 'STAND UP' how deep was the 'relatively shallow' water that these folks were in? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Larry Bliven wrote: > ralph in the orginal post: > >Two fellows in a small motorized dinghy were going out to a moored vessel > (either they owned it or were thinking of buying it). Their dinghy > flipped for some reason (the water is relatively shallow there and boat > wakes stack up viciously) > ======================================================== > > ok. around here - chop near sea walls often means really shallow water. > so it would make sense to yell 'STAND UP' > > how deep was the 'relatively shallow' water that these folks were in? Our tides average about 5 feet. I don't recall at which tidal cycle it occured. But the water would have been well over their heads, say 10 feet deep. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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