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Boat capsized near Portland
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Kimtown
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Re: Boat capsized near Portland
That is sad.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.
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Re: Boat capsized near Portland
I don't go anywhere without a life jacket and PLB attached to it. The other point that most boaters miss is that while your boat is designed with flotation to stop it sinking , it does not hold it level nor is it able to support all the extra gear you take. I added a boat collar that will support an extra 300kg and make the boat float level.Kimtown wrote:That is sad.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.
You have to plan for the worst case or you end up like these people
There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.
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Re: Boat capsized near Portland
It appears the man was wearing a life jacket and became trapped under the hull of tha 18 foot cat.Kimtown wrote:That is sad.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.
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Re: Boat capsized near Portland
Did they mention how it capsized?Wolly Bugger wrote:It appears the man was wearing a life jacket and became trapped under the hull of tha 18 foot cat.Kimtown wrote:That is sad.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.
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Kimtown
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Re: Boat capsized near Portland
Oh wow...Wolly Bugger wrote:It appears the man was wearing a life jacket and became trapped under the hull of tha 18 foot cat.Kimtown wrote:That is sad.
Only speculating but it sounds like the deceased may not have been wearing a PFD. It always pays to wear life jackets or at least have them in a ready and easily accessible place, especially so if miles offshore and the conditions are poor.