Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA01749; Wed, 13 Jul 1994 11:33:23 -0700 Return-Path: <JefWNDHNTR@aol.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mail02.prod.aol.net by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA16268; Wed, 13 Jul 1994 11:33:35 -0700 Received: by mail02.prod.aol.net (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA17864; Wed, 13 Jul 1994 14:30:55 -0400 From: JefWNDHNTR@aol.com-DeleteThis X-Mailer: America Online Mailer Sender: "JefWNDHNTR" <JefWNDHNTR@aol.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9407131430.tn365437@aol.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 14:30:53 EDT Subject: Crissy response...1
Thank you all for your comments regarding Crissy access. the following is a
response that I and the Board of Directors have written. I will also have it
printed in the "windtracks " Magazine...Jeff Bunch
CRISSY FIELD RESCUES ON THE RISE IN 1994
MAY RESULT IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR
WINDSURFING OFF CRISSY FIELD
By Jeff Bunch
Due to the rise in rescues being handled by the Coast Guard and SF Fire
Department jet ski patrol last year, the San Francisco Boardsailing
Association (SFBA) attended a joint meeting on October 22, 1993 between Coast
Guard, Fire Department and National Park Service officials. At this meeting
the SFBA discussed the coordination of rescue response between the three
agencies, and discussed safety protocol that windsurfers must follow when an
emergency arises.
Unfortunately, 1994 did not prove to be much of an improvement. Things did
not start off well when a beginner sailing off Crissy Field during the winter
got caught in a flood tide and did not know how to self-rescue and get
himself to shore. This individual spent the night floating on his board
inside the bay and was eventually rescued in the morning. There have been
incidents where individuals have simply sailed until they were too tired and
were unable to get back in and required a rescue. Others have been caught
too far out when the wind died and required rescue assistance.
The SF Fire Department reported that their rescue jet skis had made more
rescues between April and June 1994 than they made in all of 1993! The Coast
Guard has also reported with frustration that there have been situations of
reported emergencies but then no follow-up even though the individual got in
safely without assistance. This results in the very unfortunate situation
where the Coast Guard boats must continue their search until nightfall,
wasting time and limited resources. There has also been a situation where an
injured windsurfer was rescued by a private boat but his equipment was left
on the bay. Neither the windsurfer nor the rescue boat reported to 911 that
the windsurfing equipment was left on the bay, and when another boat saw the
equipment without its owner they reported this to the Coast Guard. The Coast
Guard had to search through the evening to be sure the individual was not
still on the bay needing rescue.
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