>Swimming for it has an extremely high probability of failure. I take it they were wearing life jackets otherwise they probably would not have been able to stay afloat long enough to get rescued. > After a spate of inshore deaths among SKers here in NJ a few years ago, we were all reminded of the 50/50 rule: If water temp is 50 or below and you are 50 yards or more from shore, you have a 50/50 chance of surviving... JP *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 25 2010 - 13:42:04 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:39 PDT