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He's one lucky sailor. "Man Overboard!" is always terrifying, but most terrifying when you're that man. No beacon, no bright clothing, the only things that saved him were daylight and alert shipmates. He'll never do that again. You can bank on it. SN Greg Wright PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO1 Tony Holland SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
Australian sailor describes terrifying rescue
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" you wouldn't want to be doing this in 20 knots in the dark,' Witt said."
Lol yeah. Wonder if they did a Williamson turn. Can you even do that under sail power? Hmm.
Lol yeah. Wonder if they did a Williamson turn. Can you even do that under sail power? Hmm.
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Would not want to be the OSCAR that they tried it on, SN Greg Wright . Knew of a Coastie who volunteered to be OSCAR for an air station to practice SAR. You guessed it, they lost track of him and a SAR practice turned into a real SAR case. They eventually found him. BL: not fun. In my opinion, same with having a sail crew try a Williamson for the first time with a shipmate in the water. Not advisable.
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CDR (Join to see) - A PO1 and I went sailing in SF Bay once, and flipped the boat. It was made to right itself, which it did, and we both had vests, so we were fine, but that was taste enough for me to know I wouldn't want to be in a more serious situation. Fortunately, I've avoided it thus far.
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