My shot

From: Jay Runge (jrunge@netcom.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Fri Apr 11 1997 - 14:27:33 PDT


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Subject: My shot
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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:27:33 -0700 (PDT)
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You knew I would say something, eventually...

I put a shock cord clip on the bottom of my uphaul. I can unclip the
uphaul from the base of my mast and clip it to my harness to keep
the rig and board with me, or to a footstrap if I need to keep
the board and rig together. I am a little suprised that this clip
hasn't broken in a year and a half, but it hasn't. I bought it in
the shock cord department at West Marine.

I have little shock cord loop on the back of my harness. If I
loosen one end of my spreader bar I can swing it around and put
it in this loop and it will stay back there. Saves the deck of
the board while doing the surfer paddle. Your harness may vary.

Seems like we did most everything right on Tuesday. The big
mistake was that we worked it out so that we had to rescue the
rescuer. We should avoid that in the future. Turns out that
Harry would have made it back and Harold probably would have been
able to limp back on a broken sail. But given those conditions
there was no way to tell.

On thing that hasn't been mentioned - If you call the Coast Guard,
you are Involved (capital I). You have to stay and be by the phone
for the duration. No handing the phone to someone else, or leaving
because you have to watch Frasier reruns. The Coast Guard expects
to be able to talk to you, so be aware. They don't take these calls
lightly, neither can you.

Jay



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