http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20010324/ts/coast_guard_deaths010324_1.html It will be interesting to find out how long they were in the water before being picked up. [They were wearing dry suits and PFDs.] Always so sad -- regardless! Jim Tynan Pike Road, AL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The real shame of this is if one of them had of been carrying a portable VHF radio in a dry suit pocket they might have all lived. Kind of goes with carrying certain safety equipment in your PFD pockets. <Bill> Brought to you from beautiful Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Alaska. N 53°51.140' W 166°30.228' (WGS 84) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Tynan" <kayakbound_at_att.net> To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 2:19 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Two Coast Guard Officers Die In Accident > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20010324/ts/coast_guard_deaths010324_1. html > > > It will be interesting to find out how long they were in the water before > being picked up. [They were wearing dry suits and PFDs.] Always so sad -- > regardless! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bill Bradshaw wrote: > > The real shame of this is if one of them had of been carrying a portable > VHF radio in a dry suit pocket they might have all lived. Kind of goes > with carrying certain safety equipment in your PFD pockets. Agreed. Another aspect of this incident which puzzles me is that it is SOP for the local CG unit to establish a "radio guard" on each craft involved in a risky patrol. The radio guard involves regular checkins, including a position estimate, with the base. If the craft does not respond, then they go looking, and know where to look. Could be, since this was a law enforcement patrol, the radio guard would have compromised the mission. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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