>Trip leaders need to be honest in evaluating their abilities in the given >situation. If he/she takes a group of students into the above >conditions (as I read from the reports), they need to re-evaluate their >leadership skills. If they survive. >Jackie As for me Jackie sums it up sufficiently. I'm not in a position to or want to blame anyone. I leave the blaming and decisions about legal responsibility to the authorities. I very much appreciate Tony's initiative feeding the authorities' investigation team with relevant background information. I'm out of supplemental information now that the accident has become "history". Basically there is little new to learn about sailing from the accident. It's the consequences that talk. I'll take my time and wait for the conclusions. In due time I shall - if needed - translate and in this forum publish the outcomes. Likewise I shall inform about the fate of the teenagers recovery from coma when it is known. They have now been brought to a rehabilitation centre and only time will show the outcome. The blaming game has only just started and I do not intend to participate in more public forums than those for active kayakers. Nevertheless I'm an instructor and leader of tours in our environment bringing adults and children, skilled as well as newbie's, out on the very same sea and I must have an opinion about what is understandable and responsible in my own waters. It goes with the office. With other words: would I "forbid" a specific activity in my own area of responsibility. In my club a peer-to-peer review in our board is used before giving "authorization" to leaders. >From the available and confirmed facts 1) about the clothing, 2) lack of attention to weather forecast in a freezing environment. It counts that very qualified 48 hours weather forecasts with detailed information about wind and waves (boelgehoejde) are easily available, look e.g. at http://ifm.frv.dk/index.asp?USER=PLEASURE 3) complete lack of any thinkable precaution I find the involved teachers unfit to be responsible for arranging anything on the water which assumes "In Loco Parentis". To me the real responsibility lies with the headmaster and the schools board. Jens Viggo *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Feb 24 2011 - 02:42:13 PST
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